The Dictator’s Last Calls

The Dictator’s Last Calls, an animated film by BBC News Arabic, reconstructs the last hours of former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. Ben Ali remained at the helm of the country until January 2011, when a wave of protests forced his resignation and exile to Saudi Arabia. The unreleased recordings in this documentary reveal the phone calls that helped enshrine the end of a 23-year dictatorship and unleash a wave of revolutions across the Middle East.

Past events

“Black Lobby”, “Egypt Papers”, “How Russia Prepared to Invade Ukraine”, “Sons Of Mocimboa: Mozambique’s Terrorism Crisis”, “The Dictator’s Last Calls”

23 September 2022    12:30 – 13:45

Cinema Astra – Sala Smeraldo
Via Francesco Rismondo, 21, Modena

“Black Lobby”, “Egypt Papers”, “How Russia Prepared to Invade Ukraine”, “Sons Of Mocimboa: Mozambique’s Terrorism Crisis”, “The Dictator’s Last Calls”

23 September 2022    11:00 – 12:15

Cinema Astra – Sala Smeraldo
Via Francesco Rismondo, 21, Modena