Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

2012 

91 minutes
Chinese/English subtitles
Documentary

5 Stars

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist and activist. This documentary is poignant, and at times hilariously funny. Ai Weiwei is an artist who, after the earthquake in Sichuan, became quite the activist to get the people needed help. He has suffered persecution at the hands of the Chinese government, and has even been 'disappeared' for a time. Part of the movie is in Chinese with subtitles, much of it is in English. This movie is compelling, and the more so because it is Ai Weiwei telling his own story, not the story of a propagandist.


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