| How to Start a Revolution | |
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| Directed by | Ruaridh Arrow |
| Written by | Ruaridh Arrow |
| Produced by | Richard Shaw[1] Cailean Watt, assistant producer James Otis, executive producer |
| Starring | Gene Sharp Jamila Raqib Colonel Robert "Bob" Helvey Srđa Popović Ahmed Maher Ausama Monajed |
| Cinematography | Philip Bloom[1] |
| Edited by | Mike Crozier[1] Lorrin Braddick |
| Distributed by | TVF International[2] |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
How to Start a Revolution is a BAFTA Scotland Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. The 2011 film describes Sharp's ideas and their influence on popular uprisings around the world. Screened in cinemas and television in more than 22 countries it became popular among the Occupy Wall Street Movement.[3] A book of the documentary, Gene Sharp: How to Start a Revolution, was released in October 2020.[4]
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- ^ Arrow, Ruaridh (2020). Gene Sharp How to Start a Revolution. United Kingdom: Big Indy Books. ISBN 979-8686588257.