Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

The revolutionary feature documentary AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY expands on the unprecedented exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, organized in 2014 by the film's director Cheryl Haines. Following Ai Weiwei's detention by Chinese authorities and while still under house arrest in Beijing, the outspoken artist and activist remotely transformed Alcatraz, a former island penitentiary and current national park, into a remarkable expression of socially engaged art. The multipart work culminated in an expansive display of larger than life size Lego portraits of prisoners of conscience from around the world, seen by over 900,000 visitors.

Throughout the film, we discover how personal these issues are for Ai Weiwei and the extent to which he wove his family's experiences into the exhibition.

Official Selection at the San Francisco International Film Festival.