that is from the square up for an oscar this year. the director jehane noujaim joins me now. so the first, most interesting thing about this movie is that it was made and then remade, right? because you finished the movie about the what i suppose what you now call the first egyptian revolution. right. the overthrow of hosni mubarak after his 30 years in office. you were about to release it at sun dance, it does well, an then there is another egyptian revolution taking place. exactly. so you go back? yes. we it was a very interesting process and i guess this is why, you know, this is about making a film as things are ongoing, right? it s an exciting process but you re constantly reediting. the first time that we were sort of allowed to end the film, was
[ speaking foreign language ] that is from the square up for an oscar this year. the director, jehane noujaim, joins me now. so the first, most interesting thing about this movie is that it was made and then remade, right? because you finished the movie about the what i suppose what you now call the first egyptian revolution. right. that was the overthrow of hosni mubarak after his 30 years in office. you were about to release it at sundance, it does well, an then there is another egyptian revolution taking place. exactly. so you go back?
and joining me now is the square s director jehane noujaim and kareem amer. what inspired you and follow through all of these years? thank you, i m egyptian, i grew up about ten minutes away from the square. and i followed the protest movement for about ten years. and really wanted to be in the middle of it all when it happened. i made my first films with penny baker, films about the 60s. it s like time travel when you watch their film. it s like you re sitting in the back of the cab, joan baez in the middle of the streets. i really wanted to understand on a personal level what the fight is about. it s really about three guys that meet each other in the square. become friends and realize they have a lot more in common