Conversation: Filmmaker Documents Egypt After the Revolution

May 18, 2011— -- Filmmaker Marty Stalker, like everyone else, was transfixed by the scenes of defiance in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian uprising in January. Stalker waited a few weeks for the revolution to die down before heading to Cairo to create his documentary "Egypt: After the Revolution."

"I was actually on Twitter when it all kicked off ... and I was inspired by the bravery of these people," Stalker, who is based in Belfast, told ABC News. "[But] there is a fear [now] of where the country is going to go ? the economy is dropping rapidly. The tourism industry has collapsed."

The film, which is just under 10 minutes, attempts to take the pulse of the protest movement that began in Tahrir Square, but which has now begun to languish under the gargantuan task of reforming a government rife with Mubarak loyalists.

"I thought to myself, Let the storm clear, the clouds clear," said Stalker. "Then let's see if we can find a good story when things have settled down and everyone is going back to normal in Egypt."

Though most of the international media has moved on to other headlines, there are still many unresolved issues. "You can tell it's the anti-climax there ... sort of, What do we do now?'"

One major still unresolved problem highlighted in the documentary is the question of how to prosecute former government officials without surrendering to a mob mentality or resorting to the same tactics that the officials used to repress their citizens.

"We identify in the film 150 businessmen who were allegedly linked to the old regime that were arrested with no trial and sent to prison," Stalker said to ABC News.

Find out what Egyptian students and others told Stalker, and where he thinks the country is heading, by watching our Conversation with Marty Stalker.