In December 2010, a Tunisian fruit vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire after police confiscate his cart, and within weeks the protests his death triggers force President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali from power after 23 years in office. Correspondent Rageh Omaar reports from Tunisia, tracing how a single act of desperation in the town of Sidi Bouzid spreads through social media and word of mouth into a national uprising, then examines how the shockwaves reach Egypt and Libya. He speaks with the people who organized the demonstrations, families connected to Bouazizi, and officials who watched the old order collapse, piecing together footage from the streets alongside accounts from inside the corridors of power. The film treats the Tunisian revolt as the opening chapter of a wider regional upheaval, asking what made this particular death the spark when years of the same grievances had not been enough. It closes with the uncertainty facing Tunisians after the fall of a dictatorship, unsure yet what will replace it.