Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012, documentary) - Klayman debuts with a phenomenal artist portrayal

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Praise as well as its subject Weiwei taking a picture of us fill this poster for Alison Klayman's Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

 

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry tells the story of Chinese activist-artist Ai Weiwei; his engagement with the devastation and aftermath of the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China, his background, time spent as a young man in New York, his provocations, Twitter activism, imprisonment and more.

This documentary rolls out the story of its unique and inspiring titular subject in the most fantastic way imaginable, acquainting us with brave individualist Weiwei and some of his artworks, which in their simplicity and his ability to encompass the attacks of his opponents in them become greater than their opposition. His incorporation into his universe of the things he reacts against is his genius.

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is written and directed by Alison Klayman (The 100 Years Show (2015, documentary short) as her debut. It is a phenomenal, incredibly strong, both indignant and uplifting experience.

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Here is a trailer for the film with English subtitles

 

Cost: Unknown

Box office: In excess of 881k $

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[Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry premiered January 22 (Sundance) and runs 91 minutes. Funding was provided through philanthropic foundations, an American philanthropist/art patron and through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. It was shot over the course of two years in China, Germany, England, Japan and the US and edited down from some 200 hours of footage. The film opened #42 to a 41k $ first weekend in 5 theaters in North America, where it peaked the following weak at #36, later peaking in number of theaters at 37 and grossed 534k $ (60.6 % of the total gross). Its 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were the UK with 173k $ (19.6 %) and Germany with 148k $ (16.8 %). The gross total above is the sum of 6 market totals made public, which means that it is missing several markets the film has been released in. The film won a special jury prize "for spirit of defiance" at Sundance. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is certified fresh at 97 % with an 8 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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