"Can an artist change China?"
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.
Ai Weiwei
Self - Artist
Chen Danqing
Self - Artist
Li Zhanyang
Self - Sculptor
Hung Huang
Self - Magazine Publisher
Ethan Cohen
Self - Art Gallerist
Phil Tinari
Self - UCCA Museum Director
Feng Boyi
Self - Art Curator
Evan Osnos
Self - Journalist
Liu Yanping
Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer
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.
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.
สารคดีทรงพลังแห่งปีเจ้าของรางวัล “สิงโตทองคำ ภาพยนตร์ยอดเยี่ยม” จากเทศกาลหนังเวนิซ 2022 ผลงานล่าสุดของ ลอร่า พอยทราส (ผู้กำกับเจ้าของรางวัลออสการ์จาก CITIZENFOUR) ซึ่งถ่ายทอดชีวิตอันโลดโผนสุดขั้วของ แนน โกลดิน ช่างภาพหญิงผู้โด่งดังจากผลงานแหกขนบที่ถ่ายทอดบาดแผลในชีวิตของเธอกับเพื่อนพ้องใต้ดิน ในยุคสมัยที่สังคมอเมริกันยังถูกครอบงำด้วยความคิดอนุรักษ์นิยม จวบจนถึงวันที่เธอตัดสินใจลุกขึ้นเป็นผู้นำขบวนการต่อต้าน “ตระกูลแซ็กเลอร์” มหาเศรษฐีผู้สร้างความมั่งคั่งจากการผลิตยาแก้ปวดโอปิออยด์ที่กลายเป็นต้นตอการระบาดของการใช้ยาเสพติดทั่วทั้งสหรัฐอเมริกา
Rachel Dolezal became infamous when she was unmasked as a white woman passing for black so thoroughly that she had become the head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. This portrait cuts through the very public controversy to reveal Dolezal’s motivations.
In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruits dozens of young men and women who agree to live in underground apartments for weeks at a time while their every movement is broadcast online. Soon, Harris and his girlfriend embark on their own subterranean adventure, with cameras streaming live footage of their meals, arguments, bedroom activities, and bathroom habits. This documentary explores the role of technology in our lives, as it charts the fragile nature of dot-com economy.
An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.