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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)

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Can an artist change China?

An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent and daring confrontations with the Chinese authorities.

Cast & Crew

Director
Alison Klayman
  • Profile picture of Ai Weiwei
    Self - Artist Ai Weiwei
  • Profile picture of Chen Danqing
    Self - Artist Chen Danqing
  • Profile picture of Hung Huang
    Self - Magazine Publisher Hung Huang
  • Profile picture of Gu Changwei
    Self - Filmmaker Gu Changwei
  • Profile picture of Yunchang He
    Self - Performance Artist Yunchang He
  • Profile picture of Christiane Amanpour
    Self - TV Host (archive footage) Christiane Amanpour
  • Profile picture of Oliver North
    Self - US Military Officer (archive footage) Oliver North
  • Profile picture of Liu Xiaobo
    Self - Writer (archive footage) Liu Xiaobo

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Keywords

  • freedom of speech
  • earthquake
  • social activism
  • dissident
  • contemporary art
  • twitter
  • social media
  • duringcreditsstinger
  • woman director
  • communist china
  • crowdfunded film
  • political persecution