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'''Ruaridh Arrow''' is a British journalist and film-maker known for his 2011 feature documentary ''[[How to Start a Revolution]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/movies/gene-sharp-in-documentary-how-to-start-a-revolution.html|title=Ways to Change the World, Nonviolently|newspaper=New York Times|date=23 February 2012|last=Holden|first=Stephen|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> about Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr [[Gene Sharp]].
 
The film was described as an underground hit with the [[Occupy movement]], which launched around the time of the film's release in September 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/your-democracy/2013/01/gene-sharp-machiavelli-non-violence|newspaper=New Statesman America|title=Gene Sharp: The Machiavelli of non-violence|date=3 January 2013|last=Flintoff|first=John-Paul|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> In 2012 the film won a [[BAFTA Scotland]] New Talent Award in the 'Factual: Over 30 Minutes' category.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-12|title=BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards: Winners in 2012|url=http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/new-talent/nominees-awardswinners/british-academy-scotland-new-talent-award-nominationswinners-in-2012,3168,BA|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.htmlbafta.org|language=en}}</ref> ''How to Start a Revolution'' won Best Documentary at the 2011 Raindance Film Festival in London.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8841546/Gene-Sharp-How-to-Start-a-Revolution.html</ref> It was funded by Arrow and via the crowdfunding site [[Kickstarter]].<ref>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/172444007/how-to-start-a-revolution-a-new-documentary-film</ref>
 
Educated at [[King's College London]]<ref>http://alumni.kcl.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=4257</ref> and [[Glasgow University]], Arrow was named Sky News Student Reporter of the Year at the [[Guardian Student Media Awards]] in 2004.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/15/mondaymediasection.students</ref>