We Are Egypt | Film Screening

Event Type: Screenings

Date

Start Date : October 19, 6:00 pm
End Date :

Location

Room 179,
Grace Dodge Hall,
Teachers College

Event Organizer

Event Sponsor

Sponsored be the Institute of African Studies, the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, and the Middle East Institute

Event Co-Sponsor(s)

This documentary tells the story of the story of the struggle for democracy in Egypt that led to the historic uprising in January-February 2011. Filmed on the ground in Egypt over the preceding fourteen months, this story is told through the eyes of Egypt’s youth activists, labor movements and political opposition figures. It is an account of their struggle against extraordinary odds to remove an uncompromising US-backed authoritarian regime determined to stay in power. Going beyond the recent headlines, director Lillie Paquette offers the background story of years of mounting political resentment against the ruling regime.

A panel will follow the screening.

Panelists: Anthony AlessandriniKingsborough Community College, City University New York

Bassam Haddad George Mason University

Mostafa Hefny Columbia University

Lillie Paquette Director, We are Egypt