Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case (Andreas Johnsen; Denmark 2013)
- When
- Fri Sep 5, 2014
- Where
- PFA Theater
- Time
- 7:00pm
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Movies, Documentary, Film Screenings
Description
This new Danish documentary following the Chinese dissident artist after his release from imprisonment for the “subversion of state power” sets the stage for I’m Weiwei, our film series on human rights coming this November and December.“A life lived in silence is not a life,” says Ai Weiwei, the vociferous Chinese artist who has challenged the gag order of his homeland. Eighty-one days of solitary detention left him damaged but determined to pursue free expression in a country that finds its power consolidated in the muted masses. The Fake Case follows Ai in the aftermath of imprisonment and a retaliatory lawsuit meant to silence him. Still undaunted, Ai rails against injustice on the Internet and creates his politically inflected art, such as S.A.C.R.E.D., an installation comprising scaled-down replicas of his jail cell.
• Photographed by Johnsen. (89 mins, In English and Mandarin with English subtitles, Color, DCP, From International Film Circuit)
More Info
- Link
- http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN20811
- Call
- (510) 642-1412
- Call
- 510.642.5249 (Box Office)
- Contact Form (account required)
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