#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
2013 · 125 min
★ 5.0On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel “could damage state security”, he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion.
Crew
- Director James MacDonald
- Writer Howard Brenton
Cast
Christopher Goh
2nd Policeman / 2nd Soldier
Junix Inocian
'B' / Airport Official
Andrew Koji
1st Policeman / 1st Soldier
Orion Lee
'Sportsman'
- D
David Lee-Jones
'Professor'
Andrew Leung
Thin Young Man
Richard Rees
'Minder'
- D
David K.S. Tse
'A'
Benedict Wong
Ai Weiwei
- J
Josie Bloom
Netizen
- G
Gregory Champkin
Netizen
- S
Sam Churchill
Netizen
Crew
- Director — James MacDonald
- Writer — Howard Brenton
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