Ai Weiwei Weaves Red Tape into Art

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The House I Live in Takes a Hard Look at the War on Drugs

The House I Live in Takes a Hard Look at the War on Drugs

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From director Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) comes an unflinching look at how the War on Drugs has disproportionately disenfranchised, incarcerated, and impoverished African Americans.

Ai Weiwei Weaves Red Tape into Art

Ai Weiwei Weaves Red Tape into Art

Independent Lens

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry was broadcast in February 2013

The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight For Civil Rights

The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight For Civil Rights

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Actress Alfre Woodard discusses the pivotal role played by the civil rights movement’s inside man, the Powerbroker, as he navigated a society divided by war, race, and poverty.


The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

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"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975."

90 min.

As Goes Janesville

As Goes Janesville

Independent Lens

Life in Janesville, Wis., after the closing of a GM plant.

60 min.

The Revisionaries

The Revisionaries

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The debate over textbooks.

60 min.

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4/8/13 10:00 PM
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4/10/13 8:00 AM
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Ai Weiwei — one of China's most internationally celebrated artists. But at heart, he is a troublemaker who challenges the government with rebellious and irreverent gestures. This has often cost him his freedom, but he never seems to lose his childlike approach to serious dissidence.

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry was broadcast in February 2013

Awards

  • 2012 duPont-Columbia Award
  • 2012 National Board of Review's Top 5 Documentaries
  • 2012 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize

Ai Weiwei takes tremendous chances with his use of social media and art to call attention to governmental wrongdoings. If you lived in China, would you dare to speak up? >> Talk back.


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