#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (2013)

Name: #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
Released: 2013-04-11
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Christopher Goh, Junix Inocian, Andrew Koji, Orion Lee, David Lee-Jones

04/11/2013 2h 0m

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On 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.

Howard Brenton

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James MacDonald

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