Date and time:
Thursday Feb 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM
to Thursday Feb 9 at 10:00 PM
Where:
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Avenue
Takoma Park, MD
As part of our Documentary Dialogues series, Docs In Progress programs screenings of films by alumni of our programs as free community screenings. Tonight’s film is Lillie Paquette’s We Are Egypt.
About the Film
Months before 2011′s momentous uprising in Egypt, many talked of a revolution – but no one knew when that day would come. The 85-minute film showcases Egypt’s passionate democracy activists who toiled for years before seeing success from their sacrifice. It is an account of their struggle against extraordinary odds to remove an uncompromising authoritarian regime determined to stay in power. This is the story behind the story of the Arab Spring.
Following the screening, filmmaker Lillie Paquette will participate in a Q&A. Paquette has an academic and professional background in international affairs with a specialization in mass media, public opinion, and the Middle East. She learned how to make documentaries at Docs In Progress where she produced her very first documentary about an immigrant small business owner in downtown Silver Spring.
This screening will take place at the Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium (7500 Maple Avenue in Takoma Park, MD). The Community Center is off Philadelphia Avenue between Piney Branch and Carroll. Parking is free. If taking Metro, the walk from the Takoma Park Metro Station is about 20 minutes or you can take Ride-On Buses 25 (towards Langley Park) or 12 (towards Silver Spring) to the Community Center. Click here for a Google Map
This screening is co-sponsored by We Are Takoma,
an arts and humanities programming series
sponsored by the Takoma Park City Government
and is also supported by funding from
