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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
''How to Start a Revolution'' was released on 18 September 2011, the day after the first Occupy protests in Wall St, New York. The film was described as the unofficial film of the Occupy movement<ref>http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2012/01/the-american-academic-gene-sha.php#.UNSxf0IctUQ</ref> and shown in camps across the US and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.occupybellinghamwa.org/ai1ec_event/film-how-to-start-a-revolution-at-the-pickford-2/?instance_id%3D |title=Archived copy |accessdate=23 December 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509115938/http://www.occupybellinghamwa.org/ai1ec_event/film-how-to-start-a-revolution-at-the-pickford-2/?instance_id= |archivedate=9 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>http://occupymaine.org/voices/25-sun-18-2011-7pm-film-how-to-start-a-revolution</ref><ref>http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/11/09/how-start-revolution-film-screening-occupy-boston-tonight-7pm/</ref> It was one of a number of high-profile events held in London's [[Bank of Ideas]] along with a concert by British Band [[Radiohead]].<ref>[[Bank of Ideas]]</ref>
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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 1 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 1 January at 9pm] (accessed 2 May 2012)</ref>
Educated at the [[Department of War Studies, KCL|Department of War Studies]], [[King's 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>https://www.theguardian.com/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 7 July bombings in London which featured British actress [[Charity Wakefield]].<ref>[[Yesterday Was a Weird Day]]</ref> During the production he recorded what was reported as the last interview with former Foreign Secretary [[Robin Cook]] on his resignation over the Iraq War.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/aug/08/uk.labour2</ref> After training as a newspaper journalist he became a producer at [[Sky News]] and subsequently Channel 4's ''[[Dispatches (TV series)|Dispatches]]'' programme while also serving as a broadcast consultant to television stations in Afghanistan.<ref>http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4050</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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