---
title: 'How to Start a Revolution (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ruaridh Arrow'
released: '2011-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-to-start-a-revolution-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1956516/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# How to Start a Revolution (2011)

2011 · 85 min · Documentary, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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. A book of the documentary, Gene Sharp: How to Start a Revolution, was released in October 2020.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ruaridh Arrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruaridh-arrow)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruaridh Arrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruaridh-arrow)
- **Director of Photography:** [Philip Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-bloom)

## Cast

- [Ahmed Maher](https://cinepixo.com/people/ahmed-maher)
- [Srđa Popović](https://cinepixo.com/people/sr-a-popovic)
- [Gene Sharp](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-sharp)

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