We Are Egypt: The Story Behind the Revolution

Months before the momentous uprising in Egypt many talked of a revolution — no one knew when that day would come. Going beyond the headlines, this story — filmed in the fourteen months leading to the Revolution — highlights the years of mounting resentment against the ruling regime.

Embedded inside the turmoil, filmmaker Lillie Paquette (former Producer/Reporter for Thomson Reuters) followed key opposition figures and young democracy activists as they struggled against extraordinary odds and at great personal risk to remove an uncompromising U.S.-backed author­itarian government determined to stay in power.