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The Reluctant Revolutionary

Directed by: Sean McAllister
Runtime: 1hr 10min Year: 2012
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Directed by: Sean McAllister
Runtime: 1hr 10min Year: 2012
Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
Last Screened: Thu 5th Apr 2012

As the revolution in Yemen unfolds, struggling tour guide Kais turns from government supporter to passionate protester.

An intimate portrait of Yemen as the revolution unfolds, told through the eyes of tour guide leader Kais, an intelligent commentator on the changing times in Yemen, offering poignant moments of reflection, loss, anger and hope on the unknown road to revolution.

Filmed over the course of the past year with exceptional access to a country where no other camera crews or journalists were allowed to remain, we see Kais’s journey from pro-President to reluctant revolutionary, joining angry protesters in the increasingly bloody streets of Sana’a.