Egypt and US / 2012 / 85mins / Documentary, History / Arabic and English

Produced by an Academy Award-winning team, Uprising tells the inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers. Communicating via Facebook and Twitter, protesters braved tear gas, beatings, and live bullets. Uprising is a story of profound hope and of courage rewarded.

Fredrik Stanton

Author of Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World, Fredrik Stanton is a John C. Whitehead Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. He has appeared on C-Span's Washington Journal and Voice of America, and his writing has been published in the Washington Post.com, Forbes.com, Politico, the Boston Herald and the United Nations Association's A Global Agenda. In 2012, he completed filming Uprising, a documentary about the Egyptian revolution. Mr. Stanton is the former president and publisher of the Columbia Daily Spectator. He has served as an election monitor in Armenia, the Republic of Georgia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Azerbaijan. Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World won the Grand Prize at the London Book Festival, Best Non-Fiction book at the Los Angeles Book Festival, and the International Book Award in three categories including World History. Drawing on primary sources, transcripts, and interviews, it tells the stories of eight key episodes in modern diplomacy, from Benjamin Franklin securing crucial French support for the American Revolution to Reagan and Gorbachev's historic summit in Iceland. Learn More