Never sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. Ai weiwei celebrity profile check out the latest ai weiwei photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dupontcolumbia award for excellence in broadcasting, and a special jury prize at the 2012 sundance film festival. Healing sleep music boost your immune system delta waves deep sleep music duration. A documentary that chronicles artist and activist ai weiwei as he prepares for a series of. Best storytelling in a documentary, nantucket film festival 2012 nominated. He is an undoubtedly fascinating focal point for a documentary as debut filmmaker, alison klayman, follows him for three years capturing his professional high points as well as his numerous brushes with chinese authorities, including. A documentary reveals the remarkable chinese artist ai weiwei to be a mysterious, opaque figure. While the government focuses on opioid addiction, take your pills serves as a cautionary reminder that a drug intended for those with adhd is still causing problems nationwide the role adderall plays in driving america, and americans, is put under the spotlight in a new netflix documentary launching this week. Follow and encourage others to follow ai weiwei on twitter and instagram. While ai weiwei is a very famous artist in china, this film is not necessarily about his art. Never sorry examines the complex intersection of artistic practice and social activism as seen through the life and art of chinas preeminent contemporary artist. Ai acted as artistic consultant for the iconic birds nest stadium built for the 2008.
Special jury prize, sundance film festival alfred i. He is an undoubtedly fascinating focal point for a documentary as debut filmmaker, alison klayman, follows him for three years capturing his professional high points as well as his. In recent years, ai has garnered international attention as much. The first feature length doc on the iconic chinese contemporary artist, ai weiwei. When i graduated from brown university in 2006 i wanted to travel abroad to have adventures, learn a new language, and try to get work as a journalist and documentary filmmaker.
Such brazen activism has contributed to ai s spectacular fall from grace in the eyes of chinese officials. A documentary that chronicles artist and activist ai weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the chinese government. In 2011, i was already editing the film in new york when ai weiwei was detained, which forced me to go back to film additional footage in beijing and also of protests around the world. For the world to change, everyone must shoulder the burden, says the chinese artist ai weiwei. Art and politics collide in this eyeopening portrait of outspoken chinese artist and activist ai weiwei. Never sorry 2012 is a documentary directed by alison klayman. Klayman documented ai s artistic process in preparation for major museum exhibitions, his intimate exchanges with family members and his increasingly public clashes with the chinese government. In april 2011, when ai disappeared into police custody for three months, he quickly became chinas most famous missing person. Either you know the name ai weiwei or you are, to some degree, clueless. Winner of the special jury prize at sundance 2012, ai weiwei. Klayman documented ais artistic process in preparation for major museum exhibitions, his intimate exchanges with family members and his increasingly public clashes with the chinese government. That was the same year security forces detained ai at the. Never sorry is the first featurelength film about the internationally renowned chinese artist and activist, ai weiwei.
Artist, activist and filmmaker ai weiwei has gained international acclaim for his work, and been the subject of films including ai weiwei. Keep his voice a loud part of the digital conversation. Never sorry is an intimate portrait of the chinese artist and political activist who came to international prominence due to his antigovernment views. From 2008 to 2010, beijingbased journalist and filmmaker alison klayman gained unprecedented access to internationally renowned chinese artist and activist ai weiwei. Never sorry offers an intimate perspective on the artist whose creativity spills out over all media, finding audiences online and through social networks beyond the formality of a gallery. This time around, hes going behind the camera to explore a crisis thats currently gripping the globe. The story of a very popular artist trying to make change in china, ai weiwei. Never sorry, est le portrait dun artiste engage qui affronte sans relache. I traveled with ai weiwei for his shows and activities throughout china, as well as in europe and the us. Filmmaker alison klayman was working as a journalist in china when the outspoken artist ai weiwei was at his creative peak. Never sorry teaches us, if nothing else, that its subject will never stop speaking truth to power, whether in the form of a 140character tweet or a largescale piece of architecture.
Never sorry examines the complex intersection of artistic practice and social activism as seen through the life and art of chinas preeminent. Never sorry premiering february 25, 20 check local listings. Alison klaymans sensitive documentary is an essential account of the chinese artistactivists rise to international fame. Never sorry is the first featurelength film about the. Research art activism and protest art movements and the intriguing people behind them. A charismatic and infectiously energetic character, he achieved worldwide fame in 2008 after codesigning his countrys iconic birds nest olympic stadium and then publicly denouncing the games as government propaganda.
Never sorry with incredible access and the full participation of her subject, alison klayman presents a significant yet scattered introduction to the chinese superstar artistactivist. Frequently asked questions for director alison klayman q. Firsttime director alison klayman gained unprecedented access to ai while working as a journalist in china. In recent years, ai has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations.
Unfortunately for them, the reputation of the man time magazine shortlisted for 2011s person of the year cover story just seems to grow. Analysis of the film ai weiwei never sorry 1497 words. Klayman couldnt have known that she would soon help to tell that same tale in her galvanizing documentary, ai weiwei. It follows contemporary chinese artist and activist, ai weiwei, documenting how he stood up against the chinese government and revealed the horrific actions the government commits.
The documentary goes onto chronologically reconstruct the events that occurred from the time he was arrested at the beijing airport in april 2011 to his. Give others a chance to be inspired and strengthened by weiweis life. Ai weiwei comes off as a man on a singular mission. The contemporary artists father ai ping was a famous poet critical of the communist regime in the 1950s, and ai weiwei is clearly his fathers son. A documentary reveals the remarkable chinese artist ai weiwei to be a mysterious, opaque figure, but theres no denying the power of. Hotdocs canadian international documentary festival toronto. Ai weiwei during the time he was working on the birds nest stadium for the 2008 beijing olympics and staging his large so sorry exhibition in munich, and her.
China should be thankful that they have ai weiwei as a chinese artist, who care about the country, like other. Her detailed portrait provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary china and. Watch the clip titled remembering for the film ai weiwei. Ai is a great subject for a documentary, and his charismatic certitude watch as he unflinchingly confronts a policeman who beat him or uses twitter as a 247 method of protest helps to offset. Never sorry 2012 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
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