Film Screening: The Square
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Session Description
The Square: The Story of Revolution Behind the Headlines
From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator through the military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they risk their lives to build a new society of conscience, witnessing up close the immense sacrifice they endure on the road to freedom. Q&A with Jeff Skoll, Jim Berk, Jawad Nabulsi and Jehane Noujaim, Director, The Square.
Time & Location
Time:
21:30 - 23:30, Thursday, April 10, 2014
BST
Location:
New Theatre
George Street
Speakers
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Speaker
Director / Producer, Noujaim Films
Jehane Noujaim is an Egyptian-American filmmaker who has worked on countless award winning documentaries. Before graduating from Harvard, she was awarded the Gardiner Fellowship for Mokattam, an Arabic film she directed about a garbage-collecting village near Cairo, Egypt. She then…
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CEO, Participant Media
Jim Berk is CEO of Participant Media, a global entertainment company founded in 2004 that focuses on socially relevant film, television, publishing and digital content. Participant’s 50+ films include AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, THE HELP, CONTAGION and LINCOLN. Since Jim…
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Founder & Chairman, Jeff Skoll Group
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Skoll Foundation
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Participant Media
Founder of Capricorn Investment Group
Co-founder and GP of the RISE Fund
First fulltime employee and President of eBay
