Tue 4th March 6.30pm/ Wed 5th March 8pm/ £5/4/3 (TTT)

Jehane Noujaim/ 2013/ Egypt/USA 108 mins/ Cert: 15

From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes – and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience.
The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest battle, an election, or a million-man march.
At the beginning of August 2013, we witnessed the second president deposed within the space of three years.

The Square transports the viewer deeply into the intense emotional drama and personal stories behind the news. It traces the inspirational journey of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces: from a brutal army dictatorship willing to crush protesters with military tanks, to a corrupt Muslim Brotherhood using mosques to manipulate voters.

The activists on film are armed with nothing more than cameras, social media, videos posted to YouTube, and a resolute determination to liberate their nation.
The Square was first released as an unfinished cut at Sundance in January of 2013, where it received the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary. It has recently been selected in the Documentary Feature category for the 86th Academy Awards.

Thank you to the Barn Cinema in Dartington; who have loaned us the digital cinema equipment to make this screening possible.