Ai Weiwei Movies

  • 2004
    Beijing 2003

    Beijing 2003

    Beijing 2003

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    Beijing 2003 is a video about the city that the artist lives in, and its people. Participants include assistants Liang Ye and Yang Zhichao, and...

    Beijing 2003
  • 2013
    Ping'an Yueqing

    Ping'an Yueqing

    Ping'an Yueqing

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    Ping’an yueqing investigates the 2010 death of Qian Yunhui, a village leader from Yueqing in the eastern province of Zhejiang, who died under...

    Ping'an Yueqing
  • 2016
    Heaven and Earth

    Heaven and Earth

    Heaven and Earth

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    A Henan opera based on the complete recording of a lawsuit filed against the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau by Ai Weiwei's Fake Cultural Development...

    Heaven and Earth
  • 2017
    江天勇律师

    江天勇律师

    江天勇律师

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    江天勇律师
  • 2013
    Stay Home

    Stay Home

    Stay Home

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    Liu Ximei was born in 1985 in Xincai County, Zhumadian City in Henan Province. Being born in violation of the one child policy, she was given up to...

    Stay Home
  • 2010
    Jingmei Wang

    Jingmei Wang

    Jingmei Wang

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    Jingmei Wang
  • 2019
    Ximei

    Ximei

    Ximei

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    Twenty years after China’s scandalous “Black Blood Economy,” when a million Chinese citizens were infected with HIV and countless...

    Ximei
  • 2017
    Ai Weiwei Drifting

    Ai Weiwei Drifting

    Ai Weiwei Drifting

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    Ai Weiwei is a global star and an enigma. DW followed him for a year for this intimate portrait. The film shows Ai Weiwei at home, at work, and on...

    Ai Weiwei Drifting
  • 2014
    Play of the Play

    Play of the Play

    Play of the Play

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    Ai Weiwei Studio presents the process of creating a Yu opera based on the first trial over Ai's fake tax case.

    Play of the Play
  • 2013
    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

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    A short documentary about the making of "Straight" and "Forge" (2008-2012).

    Wenchuan Rebar
  • 2003
    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

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    In 2003, the infectious disease SARS quickly spread across China, causing widespread panic. At the peak of the hysteria accompanying the mysterious...

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry
  • 2012
    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

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    A Beijing taxi driver's special understanding of the Party's entreaty "We will not follow the old and rigid path" during the 18th Party Congress.

    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
  • 2014
    You Know What I Mean

    You Know What I Mean

    You Know What I Mean

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    The Bazhou police wrongfully arrested seven people without any evidence around September 16, 2001, for their involvement in the murders of two...

    You Know What I Mean
  • 2012
    4851

    4851

    4851

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    At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Sichuan, China. Over 5,000 students in primary and secondary schools perished in...

    4851
  • 2010
    Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

    Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

    Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

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    Arts documentary, first broadcast before Ai Weiwei's arrest by the Chinese authorities in April 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained...

    Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
  • 2012
    Beijing: The Second Ring

    Beijing: The Second Ring

    Beijing: The Second Ring

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    Beijing: The Second Ring is a document of the two opposite views of traffic flow on 33 bridges along Beijing’s Second Ring. The entire piece is...

    Beijing: The Second Ring
  • 2010
    One Recluse

    One Recluse

    One Recluse

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    In June 2008, Yang Jia carried a knife, a hammer, a gas mask, pepper spray, gloves and Molotov cocktails to the Zhabei Public Security Branch Bureau...

    One Recluse
  • 2010
    Sanhua

    Sanhua

    Sanhua

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    The documentary depicts a complete picture of a chain in the cat-trading industry. Since the end of 2009 when the government began soliciting expert...

    Sanhua
  • 2012
    Chang'an Boulevard

    Chang'an Boulevard

    Chang'an Boulevard

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    Shot in one-minute increments, Ai's video obsessively documents daily life along Chang'an Boulevard, a thriving road that bisects the capital city...

    Chang'an Boulevard
  • 2022
    Opera di Roma: Turandot

    Opera di Roma: Turandot

    Opera di Roma: Turandot

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    Opera in three acts (1926) New Production! Celebrated contemporary artist Ai Weiwei makes his operatic debut with a new reading of Puccini’s...

    Opera di Roma: Turandot