Democracy: Year Zero

On January 14, 2011, four weeks of national wide uprisings throughout Tunisia resulted in the overthrow of dictator Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years of unchallenged rule. But, as unexpected and dazzling as it may have appeared to the eyes of the whole world, the Tunisian revolution is part of a much larger story. Democracy Zero Year retraces the scenes of three years of struggle, which range from the first revolts in the mining basin of Gafsa in January 2008 until the first free elections in October 20112.