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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

5.0

2h 5m

2013

Synopsis

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.

Director

James MacDonald

Cast & Crew

Christopher Goh

Christopher Goh

as 2nd Policeman / 2nd Soldier

Junix Inocian

Junix Inocian

as 'B' / Airport Official

Andrew Koji

Andrew Koji

as 1st Policeman / 1st Soldier

Orion Lee

Orion Lee

as 'Sportsman'

David Lee-Jones

as 'Professor'

Andrew Leung

Andrew Leung

as Thin Young Man

Richard Rees

Richard Rees

as 'Minder'

David K.S. Tse

as 'A'

Benedict Wong

Benedict Wong

as Ai Weiwei

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