Al Midan plot
"The people demand the downfall of the regime"
For more than two years, Egyptians in huge numbers occupied Cairo's Tahrir Square and demanded change of their leaders. During the many dramatic shifts during this time, director Jehane Noujaim and her crew have recorded what happened in the square, through the eyes of a number of young revolutionaries. They range in background from the poor to the privileged and from secular to religious. Their multiple points of view are revealing both to those who have been following these events closely or not at all.