#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
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April 11, 2013
2h 5m
Overview
On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel “could damage state security”, he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion.
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Cast
Christopher Goh
2nd Policeman / 2nd Soldier
Junix Inocian
'B' / Airport Official
Andrew Koji
1st Policeman / 1st Soldier
Orion Lee
'Sportsman'D
David Lee-Jones
'Professor'
Andrew Leung
Thin Young Man
Richard Rees
'Minder'D
David K.S. Tse
'A'
Benedict Wong
Ai WeiweiJ
Josie Bloom
NetizenG
Gregory Champkin
NetizenS
Sam Churchill
Netizen
Alexandra Donnachie
NetizenR
Roxy Dunn
NetizenD
Demi Jo Franks
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