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Sincelate2010,morethanadozennationshaveexperiencedpopularuprisingsthathavecollectivelybeencalledtheArabSpring.Protests,buoyedbypredominantlyyoungparticipantsandsocial-mediaorganizing,haveexposedrepressionandledtoregimechanges.Whatdoesitmeantotakepartinacollectiveactionthathasthepotentialtounseatdictatorsandbringpreviouslyundreamt-offreedomstoapeople?<br/> DirectorGregBarker(MANHUNTscreenedatthe2013SundanceFilmFestival)exploresthisquestionthroughaseriesofinsightfulactivistportraits:Osamadescribeshowhis21-year-old,Virginia-raisedson,Muhannad,foughtagainstGaddafi'sforcesinBenghazi.GhassanandMotazremaincommittedtopeacefulresistanceevenasSyriadescendsintoever-more-hopelessviolence.SistersMaryamandZainabbecomepivotaloppositionfigureswhiletheirfathersuffersinaBahrainprison.Thesestories,underscoredbyechoesfrompastresistanceleaders—rangingfromMahatmaGandhitoMartinLutherKing,NelsonMandelatoAungSanSuuKyi—illustratewhatdrivesrevolutionariesandrevealthesacrificestheymustmaketopursuetheircauses.-B.T.
