Saudi Arabia's secret uprising /
In Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern province a 3-year uprising has been raging, hidden from the world. With unprecedented access to activists' own footage, this documentary offers an unfiltered look into the biggest protest movement in Saudi history. In secret meetings, protesters share th...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Surrey, England :
Journeyman Pictures,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern province a 3-year uprising has been raging, hidden from the world. With unprecedented access to activists' own footage, this documentary offers an unfiltered look into the biggest protest movement in Saudi history. In secret meetings, protesters share their accounts of the increasing state violence against them and their families and explain their passion and commitment to this cause. "Death is more merciful than for me to be treated unjustly", explains one dissident. "Martyrdom is better than oppression." In scenes reminiscent of Libya, Egypt and Bahrain, masked protesters fill the streets, fling rocks and chant slogans as police bullets fly. In the Shia-dominated governorate of Qatif, there has been growing resentment that despite the immense oil reserves concentrated in the region, local communities have to endure poverty, sectarian discrimination and political and religious oppression. "Here, you are standing on top of oil fields that feed the whole world," boasts another anonymous activist. "But we see nothing of it." Abu Ali, a businessman and reformist arrested in the first days of the uprising explains "If people have lost their self-respect, their freedom and their faith, they won't care if they lose their life." Despite having no unified demands or central leadership, the movement is broadly grounded in human rights, and calls for wide-reaching reform across the conservative establishment. Saudi filmmaker Safa Al Ahmad risks arrest and worse to bring viewers inside this troubled region and share this 'secret uprising' with the world. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2015). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (46 min.) Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 00:45:38 |