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Watch: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the first feature-length film about the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. In recent years, Ai has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations. AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY examines this complex intersection of artistic practice and social activism as seen through the life and art of China’s preeminent contemporary artist. From 2008 to 2010, Beijing-based journalist and filmmaker Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai Weiwei. Klayman documented Ai’s artistic process in preparation for major museum exhibitions, his intimate exchanges with family members and his increasingly public clashes with the Chinese government. Klayman’s detailed portrait of the artist provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures..
Plot: 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.
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	7.5/10 Votes: 4,415
	98% | RottenTomatoes
	81/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 71 Popularity: 5.577 | TMDB

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A good indictment of the Chinese government
The subject of this American-made documentary is Ai Weiwei, a Chinese activist and artist. His strong convictions often get him in trouble with his government.

This film is praiseworthy for various reasons. One is its courage in exposing government abuse in a part of the world that is rightfully notorious for its human rights abuses. Another reason to praise the film is its fascinating human subject.

Ai is very likeable and proves to be a great example of courage in how he lives his life. When he is praised for this courage, he gives a fascinating rebuttal to this compliment.

The film covers the period of 2008-2011 with some flashbacks when Ai lived in New York City in the 1980s. His main concern in this film is an earthquake in the Sichuan region in 2008 where several children were killed in a badly built school. Many of his art projects are around this subject and the government’s desire to cover up as much as possible about these events.

Considering the power of the Chinese government, it’s easy to be cynical. The film shows by the end that there may a bit of hope while still remaining realistic. It is also informative in that it gets into the mind of an artist. While some works of art seem odd at first glance, the artist’s explanations make the works more understandable and even fascinating.

A well-made and often inspiring film
“There are individuals who come along in certain periods of time who advance the human spirit to the next level.” – actor James Newcomb Heroes are not only those who achieve unprecedented success, but those who create possibilities for others. “Breakthroughs” according to Werner Erhard, “are created by people who will act to make possibility real.” Such an individual is Ai Weiwei (pronounced “Ay Way Way”) a Chinese artist and political activist whom Time Magazine named as runner-up for “2011 Person of The Year.” Directed by Alison Klayman, the compelling documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, winner of a Special Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, follows Ai Weiwei pursuing his sculpture, architecture, curating, photography, film, and other arts in a political system that does not hesitate to use force, repression, and censorship against those they see as threats to the Communist government.

Ai Weiwei’s father was Chinese poet Ai Qing who was denounced and sent to a labor camp with his wife, Gao Ying, an event that had strong repercussions in Ai’s life. Ai Weiwei lived in New York from 1983 to 1993 where he studied and worked as an artist. While in New York, he created conceptual art by altering ready-made objects. He also compiled 10,000 photographs that were shown in an exhibit at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing and became the subject of a 20-minute film “Who’s Afraid of Ai Weiwei” shown on PBS in 2008, a work that was expanded to produce the current documentary.

Using interviews with friends, family members, fellow artists, and young followers, Klayman describes Weiwei’s involvement in the Sichuan Earthquake Names Project which listed the names of 5,000 student victims who lost their lives because of shoddy construction of schools, his criticism of the government’s use of propaganda to support the Beijing Olympics whose Bird’s Nest Stadium he helped to design, and his provocative use of humor in his exhibit using photographs showing his extended middle-finger in front of Tiananmen Square. Weiwei says, “There is no outdoor sport as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.” The film also documents the artist’s exhibitions in Munich, especially a work called “Remembering” which displayed 9,000 backpacks spelling out the words “She lived happily on this earth for 7 years,” a reference to students who were killed in the Sichuan earthquake. Another exhibit shown at the Tate Gallery in London consists of 100-million porcelain hand-painted sunflower seeds made in China. Though China claims that human rights have improved in their country, Ai Weiwei’s assault by police thugs attempting to prevent him from testifying at the trial of Tan Zuoren belies the claim. Zuoren, an activist and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for several articles that, according to Weiwei, were reasonable and not at all provocative.

One of the most important aspects of Weiwei’s activism is his use of social media, especially Twitter (@aiww), an activity that he began in earnest after his blog was taken down by the authorities. This is demonstrated by his ability to quickly organize resistance to the government’s proposed demolition of his newly-built art studio in Shanghai which they deemed “illegal.” Though the documentary breaks no new ground as an art form and only skims the surface of Ai’s personal life, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a well-made and often inspiring film about an artist who is willing to take enormous risks for his own safety to expose human rights abuses and which reaches a new level of intensity when it is discovered that Weiwei has disappeared, leading to world-wide protests and an uncertain outcome.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 31 min (91 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 181107
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Documentary
Director Alison Klayman
Writer Alison Klayman, Jonathan Oppenheim
Actors Ai Weiwei, Dan Ai, Lao Ai
Country United States
Awards 9 wins & 15 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

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