Reluctant Revolutionary

Synopsis

Sana’a tour operator Kais just about manages to scrape together a living from the few fearless travelers who dare to come to Yemen. At first Kais is skeptical about the protesters that set up their vigil against President Saleh at the beginning of the wave of Arab Spring protests, but once he begins working for this film’s director as a translator, he and his younger brother Abdulrahman both join in protests which even peacefully unite members of tribes that are otherwise at enmity. In these difficult times Kais feels responsible for hjis family and the English filmmaker…

Director Biography

Born in Kingston-upon-Hull in England in 1965. Attended the National Film and Television School in Beacons - field, graduating in 1996. After several award winning television documentaries he founded his own production company, Tenfoot Films, in the year 2000.