A Whisper to a Roar (2012)

Courageous democracy activists in five countries (Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe) risk it all to bring freedom to their people.

Date of release
2012-10-11
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Ben Moses

Casting

Interesting facts

A Whisper to a Roar is a 2012 American documentary film made by Ben Moses and inspired by the work of Larry Diamond. The film chronicles the fight for democracy in Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe, and includes animated segments narrated by British actor Alfred Molina.

Production

Production of the film began in 2008 when Moses collaborated with Diamond and Diamond's former student Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco and the team began filming in 2009. According to the film's website, Diamond "invited Moses to attend Stanford's Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law’s annual Draper Hills Summer Fellowship on Democracy and Development Program, where democracy activists around the world gather to receive training…

Under Diamond's guidance the five countries were selected based on several factors including: the team did not want to include the United States or other western countries because the intended audience was outside of that geographic region; and a desire to focus on democracies in different stages of the process: the student leader, Roberto Patiño of Voto Joven in Venezuela; Esraa Ahmed Fattah and Ahmed Maher of Egypt; Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia; M…

Prince Moulay Hicham was tapped to interview many of the heads-of-state included in the film, creating an extensive library of footage that is being developed into a separate project.

The final filming was completed in November 2010, however, just when the production company began to edit the project, the Arab Spring broke out in Tunisia and Egypt. The crew traveled back to Egypt again in April 2011 to capture the aftermath. They were also able to get a late interview with Mahathir Mohamad in Malaysia.

Editing of the film completed in August 2012, and A Whisper to a Roar world premiered at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, on October 3, 2012, to an audience of over 600 people. The premiere was hosted by the Museum of Tolerance, the Human Rights Foundation, Burt Sugarman and Mary Hart, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

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