Ai Weiwei : never sorry / Sundance Selects ; United Expression Media presents in association with MUSE Film and Television ; a film by Alison Klayman ; filmed and directed by Alison Klayman ; produced by Alison Klayman, Adam Schlesinger ; executive producers, Karl Katz, Julie Goldman, Andrew Cohen ; Never Sorry LLC.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
  • English
  • Chinese
Published/​Created
  • [Orland, Park, Ill.] : MPI Media Group, [2012]
  • ©2012
Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Film director
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    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Medium/​Support
    DVD DVD video 4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    This is a documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government. Follows Ai "from the close of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (for which he helped design the acclaimed 'Bird's Nest' stadium) to his arrest and 81-day detention in 2011" (container).
    Notes
    • Bonus: Filmmaker commentary; Deleted scenes; Interviews; Trailer.
    • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Edited by Jen Fineran ; original music by Ilan Isakov ; cinematographer, Alison Klayman.
    Target audience
    MPAA rating: R; for some language.
    System details
    DVD format; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
    Awards
    Sundance Special Jury Prize.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Ai Weiwei, Chen Danqing, Gao Ying, Ai Dan, Ai Lao, Lee Ambrozy, Ethan Cohen, Feng Boyi, Gu Changwei, He Yunchang, Hsieh Tehching, Huang Kankan, Hung Huang, Li Zhanyang, Liu Yanping, Lu Qing, Evan Osnos, RongRong, Karen Smith, Philip Tinari, Wang Fen, Inserk Yang, Zhang Hongtu, Zuoxiao Zuzhou.
    Language note
    English and Mandarin dialogue with optional English SDH, simplified Chinese or Spanish subtitles.
    Contents
    • Incredibly moving
    • Watching me
    • Waiting for surgery
    • Highlighting destruction
    • Ultimately doomed
    • Becoming a brand
    • Official galleries
    • Take a look
    • Animal instinct
    • Prize winner.
    Other title(s)
    Never sorry
    ISBN
    • 0788616056
    • 9780788616051
    Publisher no.
    IFC9830
    OCLC
    816132318
    Universal Product Code
    • 030306983097
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