[Mitai-announce] New film about Ai Weiwei - Chinese dissident artist - in Boston July 4-10!

[Marisa Sotolongo]

 Hi Amnesty International! Hope your summers have been going well. If you
are on campus this summer, check out this event in Kendall Square!

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Playing in Boston/Cambridge July 4-10!

*AI WEIWEI *THE FAKE CASE

a documentary by Andreas Johnsen



*A LIFE LIVED IN SILENCE IS NOT A LIFE.*



[ Trailer
<http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/aiweiweithefakecase/> |
Website <http://aiweiweithefakecase.com/> | Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/aiweiweifilm> | Twitter
<https://twitter.com/AWWFakeCase> ]



*Landmark’s Kendall Square Cinema
<http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/boston/kendallsquarecinema.htm>*

*One Kendall Square (at 355 Binney Street) • Cambridge, MA 02139 *

*(617) 621-1202 <%28617%29%20621-1202>*



>>TICKETS<<
<https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=231>



*Named Best Documentary of 2014 by the Danish Film Critics’ Association*



After 81 days of solitary detention world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
is put under house arrest. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory
loss, 18 cameras are monitoring his studio and home, police agents follow
his every move, and heavy restrictions from the Kafkaesque Chinese
authorities weigh him down.   Picking up where Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei:
Never Sorry left off, AI WEIWEI THE FAKE CASE is more explicitly political,
reflecting Ai’s battle against the gigantic lawsuit thrust upon him by the
Chinese government in an effort to silence him.  Ai Weiwei is shaken, but
during his year on probation he steadily finds new ways to provoke and
challenge the mighty powers of the Chinese authorities in his fight for
human rights and free expression.  The film also features the creation of
S.A.C.R.E.D., a new work depicting Ai’s time in prison, which premiered
during the Venice Biennale and is now on view at the Brooklyn Museum.



*Other Screenings*

New York, NY – Starts 5/16 at IFC Center

San Francisco, CA – Starts 5/23 at Landmark Opera Plaza

Berkeley, CA – Starts 5/23 at Landmark Shattuck

Santa Fe, NM – Starts 5/23 at Contemporary Arts Center

Los Angeles, CA – Starts 6/6 at Laemmle Royal

Portland, OR – Starts 6/6 at Northwest Film Forum

Chicago, IL – Starts 6/13 at Gene Siskel Film Center

Miami, FL – Starts 6/27 at O Cinema

[Etc <http://www.internationalfilmcircuit.com/fakecase/playdates.html>.]