Story :An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent and daring confrontations with the Chinese authorities.
Cast
Ai WeiweiSelf - Artist
Chen DanqingSelf - Artist
Li ZhanyangSelf - Sculptor
Hung HuangSelf - Magazine Publisher
Ethan CohenSelf - Art Gallerist
Phil TinariSelf - UCCA Museum Director
Feng BoyiSelf - Art Curator
Evan OsnosSelf - Journalist
Liu YanpingSelf - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer
Huang KankanSelf - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer
Gu ChangweiSelf - Filmmaker
Karen SmithSelf - Writer
Ai DanSelf - Weiwei's Brother
Zuoxiao ZuzhouSelf - Musician
Lee AmbrozySelf - Weiwei's Blog Translator
Lu QingSelf - Weiwei's Wife
Inserk YangSelf - Art Assistant
Chris DerconSelf - Haus der Kunst Director
Gao YingSelf - Weiwei's Mother
Zhao ZhaoSelf - Weiwei's Videographer
Zhang HongtuSelf - Artist
Hsieh TehchingSelf - Performance Artist
RongRongSelf - Photographer
Yunchang HeSelf - Performance Artist
Ai LaoSelf - Weiwei's Son
Wang FengSelf - Lao's Mother
Sheena WagstaffSelf - Tate Modern Chief Curator
Tan ZuorenSelf - Sichuan Earthquake Activist (archive footage)
Christiane AmanpourSelf - TV Host (archive footage)
Oliver NorthSelf - US Military Officer (archive footage)
Yang ZhichaoSelf - Performance Artist (archive footage)