Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/roussillon-anna-c444all.aspx Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:16:13 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/i-am-the-people-p727.aspx Product727 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:44:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/i-am-the-people-p727.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/i-am-the-people.jpg" alt="I Am the People" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/i-am-the-people-p727.aspx">I Am the People</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/i-am-the-people-p727.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$340.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>As the Egyptian people rise up in Tahrir Square, a rural community in the Nile valley follows the revolution on TV, radio and in the newspapers. Intimately shot over the three year period from the overthrow of Mubarak to the fall of Morsi, we are shown an alternate view of the revolution through the eyes of Farraj, his family, and friends as they make sense of and debate national politics.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>Through the experiences and voices of a community in the periphery, <i>I Am the People</i> presents a complex picture of the struggle for democracy in Egypt.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div>“Rarely seen a sweeter exchange between filmmaker and subject”&nbsp;</div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">— Filmmaker Magazine</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><br /><div><div>“A beautiful and invaluable glimpse into the Egyptian people”&nbsp;</div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">— VOX Magazine</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><br />“In this first feature, Anna Roussillon, a French citizen raised in Egypt, offers an important counterpoint to the spectacular images captured in Tahrir Square. In January 2011, when ten of thousands of demonstrators took to Cairo's streets, the director started filming her friend Farraj and his family, peasants in the Luxor Valley. For two years, their television screens allowed them to follow the country's political upheavals, as it experienced an alternately enthusiastic and painful experiment with democracy. With wit, empathy and a powerful rapport with her subjects, the director makes us feel their hopes and disappointments. A superb lesson in humanity.”&nbsp;<div><div>— Charlotte Selb, RIDM</div></div><div><br /></div></blockquote><hr><div><div><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS &amp; AWARDS</b></div><div><i>John Marshall Award for Contemporary Ethnographic Media</i>, Camden International Film Festival, USA, 2015</div><div><i>Emerging Cinematic Vision Award</i>, Camden International Film Festival, USA, 2015</div><div><i>Grand Prize Nezha Drissi</i>, Fidadoc Agadir, Morocco, 2015</div><div><i>Best Film</i>, Arkipel Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Indonesia, 2015</div><div><i>Best Documentary &amp; Best Filmmaker</i>, Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, Bosnia, 2015</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/roussillon-anna-c444all.aspx">Roussillon, Anna</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>