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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

04/11/2013

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2hrs 5min

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STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Christopher Goh
  • Junix Inocian
  • Andrew Koji
  • Orion Lee
  • David Lee-Jones

    Director

  • James MacDonald

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Christopher Goh

    2nd Policeman / 2nd Soldier

    Junix Inocian

    'B' / Airport Official

    Andrew Koji

    1st Policeman / 1st Soldier

    Orion Lee

    'Sportsman'

    David Lee-Jones

    'Professor'

    Andrew Leung

    Thin Young Man

    Richard Rees

    'Minder'

    David K.S. Tse

    'A'

    Benedict Wong

    Ai Weiwei

    Josie Bloom

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