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In 2012 he won a Scottish [[BAFTA]] for New Talent<ref>http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/new-talent-awards-nominations-in-2012,3168,BA.html</ref> and was shortlisted as Best Newcomer at the Grierson Documentary Awards in London.<ref>http://www.griersontrust.org/grierson-awards-the-british-documentary-awards/shortlist.html</ref>
▲[[Ruaridh Arrow]] is a British journalist, writer and film-maker known for his 2011 feature documentary "[[How to Start a Revolution]]"<ref>http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/movies/gene-sharp-in-documentary-how-to-start-a-revolution.html</ref><ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8841546/Gene-Sharp-How-to-Start-a-Revolution.html</ref> about Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr [[Gene Sharp]]<ref>http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4050</ref>
▲In 2012 he won a Scottish [[BAFTA]] for New Talent<ref>http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/new-talent-awards-nominations-in-2012,3168,BA.html</ref> and was shortlisted as Best Newcomer at the Grierson Documentary Awards in London<ref>http://www.griersontrust.org/grierson-awards-the-british-documentary-awards/shortlist.html</ref>. How to Start a Revolution won Best Documentary at the 2011 Raindance Film Festival in London, Best Documentary and the Mass Impact Award at Boston Film Festival among other awards. The film screened on television in more that 22 countries and became an underground hit with the Occupy Movement<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/your-democracy/2013/01/gene-sharp-machiavelli-non-violence</ref>.
While filming in Egypt during the 2011 revolution Arrow was detained by Egyptian security services and his camera equipment confiscated however he continued to report for BBC news from Tahrir Square.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12522848</ref>
The film was privately funded by Ruaridh Arrow and additional funding was raised through the US crowdfunding site [[Kickstarter]]. The film raised $57,342 in just under 4 weeks<ref>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/172444007/how-to-start-a-revolution-a-new-documentary-film</ref> making it the most successful British crowdfunded film currently completed. Several high profile figures are credited by the producers with supporting the crowdfunding project, including director [[Richard Linklater]] and actress [[Miriam Margoyles]].<ref>http://howtostartarevolutionfilm.com/index.php/credits/thankyou</ref>
How to Start a Revolution was released on September
In 2012 following the contested Mexican General Election one of the countries largest newspapers reported that protestors were circulating a pirated Spanish translation of How to Start a Revolution which had gone viral in the country.<ref>http://www.informador.com.mx/suplementos/2012/422991/6/mr-revolution-y-el-evangelio-de-la-no-violencia.htm</ref>
A documentary following Ruaridh Arrow's making of ''How to Start a Revolution'', entitled ''Road to Revolution'', was screened in January 2012 by [[Current TV]] in the UK.<ref>[http://current.com/new-year-new-revolution/road-to-revolution Road to Revolution Premieres 1st January at 8.30pm] (accessed 2 May 2012)</ref><ref>After the screening of the ''Road to Revolution'', the film itself, ''How to Start a Revolution'', was also shown on [[Current TV]]: [http://current.com/new-year-new-revolution/how-to-start-a-revolution/ ''How To Start A Revolution'' Premieres 1st January at 9pm] (accessed 2 May 2012)</ref>
Educated at the [[Department of War Studies, KCL|Department of War Studies]], [[Kings College London]]<ref>http://alumni.kcl.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=4257</ref> and [[Glasgow University]] Arrow won British Student Reporter of the Year at the [[Guardian Student Media Awards]]<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/nov/15/mondaymediasection.students</ref> and Scottish Student Journalist of the Year in 2004. In 2005 he collaborated with theatre directors Mimi Poskitt and Ben Freedman on a documentary theatre production [[Yesterday Was a Weird Day]] about the July 7th bombings in London which featured British actress [[Charity Wakefield]].<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_Was_a_Weird_Day</ref>
He is currently a Research Affiliate at [[Harvard University]]<ref>http://web.mit.edu/cis/eventposter_092712_htsar.html</ref>
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