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How to Start a Revolution is a
BAFTA award winning
British documentary film about
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. The film describes
Sharp's ideas, and their influence on popular uprisings around the world.
Screened in cinemas and television in more than 22 countries it became an underground hit with the
Occupy Wall St Movement.
Directed by British journalist
Ruaridh Arrow the film follows the use of Gene Sharp's work across revolutionary groups throughout the world. There is particular focus on Sharp's key text
From Dictatorship to Democracy which has been translated by democracy activists into more than 30 languages and used in revolutions from
Serbia and
Ukraine to
Egypt and
Syria. The film describes how Sharp's 198 methods of nonviolent action have inspired and informed uprisings across the globe.
A primary character of the film is Gene Sharp, founder of the
Albert Einstein Institution, and a 2009 and
2012 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Sharp has been a scholar on nonviolent action for more than 50 years, and has been called both the "
Machiavelli of nonviolence" and the "
Clausewitz of nonviolent warfare." Other main characters include
Jamila Raqib, a former
Afghan refugee and the
Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institution;
Colonel Robert "Bob" Helvey;
Srdja Popovic, leader of Otpor! students group Serbia;
Ahmed Maher, leader of April 6 democracy group Egypt; and Ausama Monajed,
Syrian activist.
The premiere was held in
Boston on
September 18,
2011, the day after the Occupy Wall St protests officially began in
New York. The film received a standing ovation and won
Best Documentary and the
Mass Impact award at
Boston Film Festival, and went on to be screened by Occupy camps across the US and
Europe including the
Bank of Ideas in
London.
The European premiere was held at
Raindance Film Festival in London where the film received the award for Best Documentary. Subsequent awards have included Best Documentary
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2011,
Special Jury Award One World Film Festival Ottawa,
Jury Award Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival and Best
Film,
Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival. The film won the
Scottish BAFTA for new talent in
April 2012 and shortlisted for a
Grierson Award in July 2012.
How to Start a Revolution was picked up for distribution by
TVF International in the UK and 7th
Art Releasing in the US. The film has reportedly been translated into nine languages, including
Japanese and
Russian.
The Albert Einstein Institute has reported that the film has been shown internationally on more than 20 television stations in 12 languages.
How to Start a Revolution was released on September 18, 2011 the day after the first
Occupy protests in
Wall St, New York. The film was described as the unofficial film of the
Occupy movement and shown in camps across the US and Europe. It was one of a number of high profile events held in
London's Bank of Ideas along with a concert by
British Band Radiohead.
In 2012 following the contested
Mexican General Election one of the countries largest newspapers reported that protestors were circulating a pirated
Spanish translation of How to Start a Revolution which had gone viral in the country. The translation was viewed over half a million times in the space of three days. Reports have also been published citing the airing of the film on
Spanish television concurrent with widespread discussion of Sharp's work in the
Spanish anti-austerity
15-M Movement.
The academic premiere was hosted by the
Program on Negotiation at
Harvard Law School on
October 11, 2011, and In
February 2012, How to Start a Revolution was screened to an audience of MP's and Lords in the UK
Houses of Parliament by the
All Party Parliamentary Group on
Conflict Issues (APPGCI) which was attended by Gene Sharp.
A film about the making of How to Start a Revolution, entitled
Road to Revolution, was screened in
January 2012 by
Current TV in the UK.
The How to Start a Revolution touch documentary was shortlisted for the
International Best
Digital Media award in the
One World Media Awards 2013
- published: 18 Jun 2013
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