Three years ago, the world saw its greatest outburst of revolutionary fervor this century. In what we now call the Arab Spring, a revolt in Tunisia inspired protests across the Muslim world, which led to the overthrowing the governments of three countries, gaining rights for the citizens of many others and launching one, Syria, into a bloody civil war that continues to this day.

Imagine having the freedom to travel the world for a year with a video camera. For alumnus Teal Greyhavens '08, the dream became reality when he was awarded a Watson Fellowship to explore the idea of cinema across the globe.