Los Angeles Film Festival 2012

Words of Witness

preceded by The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar

(Egypt , USA, 2012, 68 mins)

North American Premiere

Executive Producers: Steve Cohen, Tiffany Schauer
Producer: Mai Iskander
Cinematographer: Mai Iskander
Editor: Shannon Kennedy
Music: Barbara Cohen
Featuring: Heba Afify

Updating your Facebook status is a political act in this visceral, on-the-ground documentary of a 21st century revolution in progress. When the Egyptian people rose up against President Mubarak, Heba Afify was a 22-year-old journalist for an English-language paper. Her Facebook and Twitter accounts, along with those of many young Egyptians, become essential weapons in bringing down the former regime, a means to rally support and focus the movement’s strength.

Director Mai Iskander follows Afify into the homes and offices of protestors, organizers and citizens caught up in revolutionary fervor, providing a thrilling perspective on a populace rising up to demand the right to live their own lives.

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