`` The Square '' is filmmaker Jehane Noujaim 's documentary about Egypt 's revolutionaries . It was released in the US on September 10th, 2012 and has been shown at festivals around the world including Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, New York City Independent Film This is the Egypt the Obama administration has forgotten , says Cynthia Schneider . Schneider : Film should be a painful reminder to the U.S. of the military regime it backs .
`` The Square '' is filmmaker Jehane Noujaim 's documentary about Egypt 's revolutionaries . It 's told through the eyes of three revolutionaries who meet in during the first protests . This is the Egypt the Obama administration has forgotten , says Cynthia Schneider . Schneider : Film should be a painful reminder to the U.S. of the military regime it backs .