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The Quad Cinemas sneak previews Ai Weiwei's HUMAN FLOW
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| Ai Weiwei (photo courtesy of Hubert Virgilla) |
Before the film Meryl Streep made a surprise appearance and introduced the film and Ai Weiwei. She spoke glowingly of the film before calling the director up to say a few words. His words were brief before we were plunged into darkness and the film began.
HUMAN FLOW is a record of Weiwei's year long journey around the globe looking at te refugee crisis in a dozen or so countries. From Iraq to Myanmar to Africa to Europe to the United States. Weiwei is on the ground and forcing us to see what is happening on a very human level. It is a film that overwhelms the senses as your head and heart and emotions are fully engaged for 140 minutes in ways few films will ever engage you.
The film is not a documentary in the conventional sense but a long and loud emotional scream set loose upon a cinema screen. It is filmmaking at it's most visceral. Because Weiwei never lets us forget that the images are people, real people, the weight of the images and the sheer scale of the mass migration becomes crushing- it is too much at times and by the time the camera pulls back to reveal thousands upon thousands of life preservers on a Greek beach we are mentally and emotionally spent.
Personally by the time the film arrived at Calais and the Jungle camp I was past te breaking point and for a little bit I disengaged from the film. It was too much and too staggering, the simple and non sensational (but incredibly beautiful) images ad taken their toll.
I don't know what to say but the film is a masterpiece that is going to aunt me for a long while. It is a film that will rattle you and make you think. It should, if at all possible, be seen on a big screen where the images will have the maximum impact.
After the film Ai Weiwei returned to do a brief Q&A. He spoke of how he came to make the film and what he was trying to do. (The full Q&A can be seen below.)
Do yourself a favor and when HUMAN FLOW plays near you go see it and change how you see the world.
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