8 P.M. (HBO2) IN TAHRIR SQUARE: 18 DAYS OF EGYPT’S UNFINISHED REVOLUTION

(2012) A year ago today, the filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill were in Cairo, capturing the sights and sounds of a protest that ultimately ended the 30-year regime of President Hosni Mubarak and helped ignite change in the Arab world. Their colleague Sharif Abdel Kouddous, an Egyptian-American journalist, led cameramen into Tahrir Square and provided accounts of the turmoil, in which nearly 850 people were killed. “Everyone is proud to be Egyptian today,” Mr. Kouddous said in an American news broadcast on Feb. 11, when it was announced that Mr. Mubarak would resign. “Everyone who fights for democracy and fights for freedom is Egyptian today, and stands with us.” - NYTimes

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