Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Alison Klayman
2012-06-14

Can an artist change China?
7
92 min

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

Name Character Team
Ai Weiwei Self - Artist Unowned
Chen Danqing Self - Artist Unowned
Li Zhanyang Self - Sculptor Unowned
Hung Huang Self - Magazine Publisher Unowned
Ethan Cohen Self - Art Gallerist Unowned
Phil Tinari Self - UCCA Museum Director Unowned
Feng Boyi Self - Art Curator Unowned
Evan Osnos Self - Journalist Unowned
Liu Yanping Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer Unowned
Huang Kankan Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer Unowned
Gu Changwei Self - Filmmaker Unowned
Karen Smith Self - Writer Unowned
Ai Dan Self - Weiwei's Brother Unowned
Zuoxiao Zuzhou Self - Musician Unowned
Lee Ambrozy Self - Weiwei's Blog Translator Unowned
Lu Qing Self - Weiwei's Wife Unowned
Inserk Yang Self - Art Assistant Unowned
Chris Dercon Self - Haus der Kunst Director Unowned
Gao Ying Self - Weiwei's Mother Unowned
Zhao Zhao Self - Weiwei's Videographer Unowned
Zhang Hongtu Self - Artist Unowned
Hsieh Tehching Self - Performance Artist Unowned
RongRong Self - Photographer Unowned
Yunchang He Self - Performance Artist Unowned
Ai Lao Self - Weiwei's Son Unowned
Wang Feng Self - Lao's Mother Unowned
Sheena Wagstaff Self - Tate Modern Chief Curator Unowned
Tan Zuoren Self - Sichuan Earthquake Activist (archive footage) Unowned
Christiane Amanpour Self - TV Host (archive footage) Unowned
Oliver North Self - US Military Officer (archive footage) Unowned
Yang Zhichao Self - Performance Artist (archive footage) Unowned
Liu Xiaobo Self - Writer (archive footage) Unowned
Hillary Clinton Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned