CAIRO – 5 September 2017: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has released an epic drama documentary titled “Human Flow”, and it is now premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
“Human Flow” follows Weiwei as he travels across the globe to record the plight of refugees in over 20 countries, from Palestine to Jordan. The artist personally visited camps to get up close with the migrant crisis. For Weiwei, it is a personal matter; he himself was a refugee as his family fled China during Mao’s rule.
In an interview with The National, Weiwei says that production of the film started humbly; “I started with my iPhone, we did not really have a crew. Gradually we felt that to capture the situation properly we needed more investment, better planning and a lot of co-ordination. We are lucky that along the way we always had people to help us.”
The film took over two years to be completed, and is unlike anything Weiwei has done before. The artist is primarily dealing with sculptures, art and architecture.
Talking to ScreenDaily, Weiwei states that the film’s proceeds will go to non-profit organizations dedicated to helping refugees.
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