#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (2013)
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.
- Released
- 2013-04-11
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- James MacDonald
- TMDB rating
- 5.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Christopher Goh as 2nd Policeman / 2nd Soldier
- Junix Inocian as 'B' / Airport Official
- Andrew Koji as 1st Policeman / 1st Soldier
- Orion Lee as 'Sportsman'
- David Lee-Jones as 'Professor'
- Andrew Leung as Thin Young Man
- Richard Rees as 'Minder'
- David K.S. Tse as 'A'
- Benedict Wong as Ai Weiwei
- Josie Bloom as Netizen
- Gregory Champkin as Netizen
- Sam Churchill as Netizen