Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Can an artist change China?
2012 | 92m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Alison Klayman |
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| Writer: | |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 14, 2012 |
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| Director: | Alison Klayman |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | freedom of speech, earthquake, social activism, dissident, contemporary art, twitter, social media, duringcreditsstinger, woman director, communist china, crowdfunded film, political persecution |
| Production Companies | MUSE Film and Television, Expressions United Media, Never Sorry |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $181,107
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ai Weiwei | Self - Artist |
| Chen Danqing | Self - Artist |
| Li Zhanyang | Self - Sculptor |
| Hung Huang | Self - Magazine Publisher |
| Ethan Cohen | Self - Art Gallerist |
| Phil Tinari | Self - UCCA Museum Director |
| Feng Boyi | Self - Art Curator |
| Evan Osnos | Self - Journalist |
| Liu Yanping | Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer |
| Huang Kankan | Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer |
| Gu Changwei | Self - Filmmaker |
| Karen Smith | Self - Writer |
| Ai Dan | Self - Weiwei's Brother |
| Zuoxiao Zuzhou | Self - Musician |
| Lee Ambrozy | Self - Weiwei's Blog Translator |
| Lu Qing | Self - Weiwei's Wife |
| Inserk Yang | Self - Art Assistant |
| Chris Dercon | Self - Haus der Kunst Director |
| Gao Ying | Self - Weiwei's Mother |
| Zhao Zhao | Self - Weiwei's Videographer |
| Zhang Hongtu | Self - Artist |
| Hsieh Tehching | Self - Performance Artist |
| RongRong | Self - Photographer |
| Yunchang He | Self - Performance Artist |
| Ai Lao | Self - Weiwei's Son |
| Wang Feng | Self - Lao's Mother |
| Sheena Wagstaff | Self - Tate Modern Chief Curator |
| Tan Zuoren | Self - Sichuan Earthquake Activist (archive footage) |
| Christiane Amanpour | Self - TV Host (archive footage) |
| Oliver North | Self - US Military Officer (archive footage) |
| Yang Zhichao | Self - Performance Artist (archive footage) |
| Liu Xiaobo | Self - Writer (archive footage) |
| Hillary Clinton | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
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| Alison Klayman | Sound, Director of Photography, Director, Co-Editor |
| Matt Gundy | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Colin Jones | Additional Photography, Creative Producer |
| Jane Tolmachyov | Colorist |
| Win-sie Tow | Post Production Supervisor |
| Ilan Isakov | Original Music Composer |
| Ted Alcorn | Still Photographer |
| Jennifer Fineran | Editor |
| Ai Weiwei | Thanks |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alison Klayman | Producer |
| Andy Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Julie Goldman | Executive Producer |
| Karl Katz | Executive Producer |
| Adam Schlesinger | Producer |
| Matt Ma | Associate Producer |
| Katie Grube | Associate Producer |
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