Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry: movie review



Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry: movie review (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Dissident Ai Weiwei is artist and artwork in the documentary ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.’(IFC) "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" is a documentary by first-time filmmaker Alison Klayman about the famed Chinese artist and dissident, and the title captures the man. He makes no apologies. As an artist, Ai is perhaps…

China dissident makes film on disputed death



China dissident makes film on disputed death (via AFP)

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has made a 102-minute film on the death of a villager whose crushing by a truck sparked public anger and rattled authorities, he announced Friday. A court in eastern Zhejiang province in 2011 ruled the gruesome death of 53-year-old Qian Yunhui accidental, triggering…