A Whisper To A Roar (2012)
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A Whisper to a Roar tells the heroic stories of courageous democracy activists in five countries around the world - Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. From student leaders to prime ministers and heads of state, these activists share their compelling personal stories of struggle, past… More A Whisper to a Roar tells the heroic stories of courageous democracy activists in five countries around the world - Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. From student leaders to prime ministers and heads of state, these activists share their compelling personal stories of struggle, past and present, with their countries' oppressive regimes. Shot over three years and finalized in July 2012 by award-winning filmmaker, Ben Moses, the film was inspired by the work of Stanford University's Larry Diamond, author of "The Spirit of Democracy" and Director of Stanford University's Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. It was funded by The Moulay Hicham Foundation, whose benefactor, Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco, is a renowned public intellectual and democracy advocate, particularly in regards to the Middle East. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Ben Moses
- Genres
- Documentary, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 12, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Appleseed Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
"A Whisper to a Roar" is a vivid documentary with unusual access to the key players in the geopolitical dramas it recounts.
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Michelle Orange, Village Voice
An expertly drawn primer on the soft dictatorships that constrained five different countries and the peaceful revolutions that sought to expunge them ...
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Brent Simon, Shockya.com
A powerful documentary that ties together the heroic and ongoing efforts of democracy activists in five countries, and reaffirms the human spirit's innate desire for freedom.
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Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International
Ben Moses' documentary argues that even thwarted and deeply flawed elections are empowering because they engage ordinary citizens in the political process and challenge the self-defeating apathy engendered by opting out of the process.
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Sam Adams, AV Club
More inspirational than informative, which is not to slight the importance of inspiring similar movements.
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Cast
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Alfred Molina
as Narrator
- Esraa Abdel Fattah
- Ahmed Maher
- Wael Abbas
- Ahmed Badawy
- Mohammad El Baradei
- Saad Eddin Ibrahim
- Anwar Ibrahim
- Wan Azizah
- Nurul Izzah
- Yusmadi Yusoff
- Mahathir Mohamad
- Abdul Aziz Bari
- James Chin
- Premesh Chandran
- Viktor Yushchenko
- Kateryna Yushchenko
- Andriy Shevchenko
- Svyatoslav Tsegolko
- Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko
- Leonid Kuchma
- Viktor Yanukovych
- Myroslava Gongadze
- Kateryna Ryabiko
- Anna Arustamyan
- Roberto Patiņo
- Roderick Navarro
- Andrea Roballo
- Hugo Chavez
- Morgan Tsvangirai
- Joseph Mungwari
- Jameson Timba
- Judith Todd
- Roy Bennett
- Robert Mugabe
