

14/06/2012
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.

Ai Weiwei
as Self - Artist

Chen Danqing
as Self - Artist

Li Zhanyang
as Self - Sculptor

Hung Huang
as Self - Magazine Publisher

Ethan Cohen
as Self - Art Gallerist

Phil Tinari
as Self - UCCA Museum Director

Feng Boyi
as Self - Art Curator

Evan Osnos
as Self - Journalist

Liu Yanping
as Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer

Huang Kankan
as Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer

Gu Changwei
as Self - Filmmaker

Karen Smith
as Self - Writer

Ai Dan
as Self - Weiwei's Brother

Zuoxiao Zuzhou
as Self - Musician

Lee Ambrozy
as Self - Weiwei's Blog Translator

Lu Qing
as Self - Weiwei's Wife

Inserk Yang
as Self - Art Assistant

Chris Dercon
as Self - Haus der Kunst Director

Gao Ying
as Self - Weiwei's Mother

Zhao Zhao
as Self - Weiwei's Videographer

Zhang Hongtu
as Self - Artist

Hsieh Tehching
as Self - Performance Artist

RongRong
as Self - Photographer

Yunchang He
as Self - Performance Artist

Ai Lao
as Self - Weiwei's Son

Wang Feng
as Self - Lao's Mother

Sheena Wagstaff
as Self - Tate Modern Chief Curator

Tan Zuoren
as Self - Sichuan Earthquake Activist (archive footage)

Christiane Amanpour
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Oliver North
as Self - US Military Officer (archive footage)

Yang Zhichao
as Self - Performance Artist (archive footage)

Liu Xiaobo
as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
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