“Road to Revolution”, A Different View of the Arab Spring arrives to MIPTV

February 18^th 2014

beActive, multi-award winning multiplataform production studio company announces the release and worldwide licensing and distribution of its latest transmedia project, “Road to Revolution”, a documentary show focussed on the revolution that affects the Middle East and Maghreb countries known as the Arab Spring.

After its theatrical and successful launch in Portugal on this early February, this studio company concentrates now all efforts for next MIPTV in order to promote this brand new multiplataform project.

"Road to Revolution" is the culmination of a long journey through the Middle East and Maghreb - A different view of the Arab Spring -, that can be followed on the Internet through Blogs, WebDocs and hundreds of photographs. The 90 min documentary is the last accomplishment of this transmedia project, in a production by beActive Entertainment, withm intense emotions caused by conflicts in these regions. As a transmedia documentary that tells the story of the journey through various platforms, including a book, a mobile app, an extensive online presence, a feature film for theatrical release and television documentary format to split in two parts (52 minutes per episode). The book chronicles, through text and photography, the various episodes of the trip (putting them in historical and cultural context) with the outcome, an intense mix between a pure travel book, a novel, and an academic essay on the Arab world.

At a time when outbreaks of violence are widespread in the region, particularly in Egypt and Syria, the documentary is timeliness and relevant, giving audiences around the world a chance to know (through stories told in the first person) what goes on in this area, get the vision and the story of everyday life of its people and discover the different meanings of the words; independence, liberty and fraternity.

beActive’s Executive Producer Nuno Bernardo reveals that “As a new wave of revolutions sweeps the Arab world, 'Road To Revolution' aims to show a different point of view from that presented by TV and online news”. Adding, “It explores how and why revolutions take place, what changed and what remains. It features interviews with the younger generation about their role in the revolution and hopes and expectations for the future. The series demonstrates beActive’s commitment to producing groundbreaking multiplatform factual content.”

"Road to Revolution" is produced by beActive Entertainment (responsible for several TV hits such as The Club, Yes I Can, Farmer’s Market and already nominated for 2 Emmy). This is the first beActive’s foray into the documentary genre. The complete documentary version as a final product is already available for distribution and licensing and TV version of the "Road to Revolution" documentary will be presented at MIPTV 2014 held in Cannes on next April.

For the first time at MIPTV, you will get the chance to hear the stories told by the innocents, affected by this revolutionary movement.

The documentary focuses on the story of the people who lived in the Arab Spring and moved from Syria to Tunisia through Libya and Egypt. It is the story of a Syrian soldier who joined the rebels when he saw a friend being killed by the army, the mother who lost her son in the Libyan civil war, which still endures in Egyptian Tahrir Square and the youth of Tunisia, with whom the revolution has not changed or improved their lives at all. 

Special Multi-Platform Package available for distribution and licensing includes:

1* Feature-length documentary
2 * 52' TV Documentary series
48 * 2-3' Webisodes
1 * Customizable white-label tablet app

Available for all territories with English subtitles + voiceover.

Watch "Road to Revolution" trailer here: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKOSlhCc5YE

For more information please contact:

Vera Carrondo - Marketing & Media Relations
vmc@beactivemedia.com
Phone: +351 93 9011779