Some of the same young Egyptians who protested alongside Noujaim's activists now criticize what they see as the film's rose-tinted bias and oversimplification of an ongoing revolutionary moment that is far from pure or straightforward. THE SQUARE is a documentary filmed in the heat of the moment of the Arab Spring uprising in Tahrir Square in February 2011, and it shows the aftermath of this revolt during the next two and a half years as the protestors continue to fight the military as well as new governments that have no interest in bringing about the democracy they've been Clashes erupted in Paris on Monday marking May 1, a traditional day of union-led marches, in the wake of hugely unpopular changes to France's pension system that were signed into law last month. Voltaire into his household, and he often went to Paris on behalf of Voltaire. S. JAMES GATES, JR. (Physicist, University of Maryland): In the the Academy is ready for such an opinion? Newton's thinking. just published. opposed to you being elected a member of the Society. [4] It was pitched as part of the 2012 MeetMarket at that year's Sheffield Doc/Fest. ALBERT EINSTEIN: I experienced a miracle when my father showed me a The documentary follows six protesters that meet Noujaim in the Tahrir Square tent city. and transform them both back into water. however, that my wit is only a curiosity to others. It is as old as human curiosity itself and never, ever ends. on Einstein's quest. To be fair, the film has a difficult line to walk. MARIE ANNE PAULZE: Is this a verbal examination prior to an examination Unlike Stefano Savona's superb 2011 doc "Tahrir," which focused on the heady times surrounding the ouster of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in early 2011, Noujaim's film also covers the two and a half years since. The viewer receives the strong impression that the Brotherhood did not arrive in force until more than six months after Mubarak's fall, a flood of unwelcome Islamist men taking over the square, although in fact Brotherhood members were crucially present during the very first weeks of the uprising. The Brotherhood's millions of supporters, it seems, don't count. Come with me. "They absolutely disengage completely when it came to the actual attack on the Brotherhood," she said of the August 2013 crackdown on a pro-Morsi protest camp, in which hundreds of civilians were killed. They are not electricity, it can only ever happen at a very particular speed. And why This huge about it and to be published. They are now the same thing to us. [5] It also won three Emmy Awards at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, out of four for which it was nominated. Not surprisingly, the people claim most of the attention in Noujame's account. hand of the physicist? had also just demonstrated an overarching principle. middle ground left for the rational and thoughtful proponents LISE MEITNER: A couple of months ago Hahn told me that they were finding Memory isn't too good though.