Human Flow (2017)

Human Flow is director and artist Ai Weiwei's detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis.

Director:

Weiwei Ai (as Ai Weiwei)

Writers:

Chin-Chin Yap, Tim Finch

Stars:

Israa Abboud, Hiba Abed, Rami Abu Sondos

6 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Israa Abboud	...	Herself
Hiba Abed	...	Herself
Rami Abu Sondos	...	Himself
Weiwei Ai	...	Himself (as Ai Weiwei)
Fadi Abou Akleh	...	Himself
Yamama Al-Awaad	...	Herself
Asmaa Al-Bahiyya	...	Herself
Eman Al-Masina	...	Herself
Maya Ameratunga	...	Herself
Amir	...	Himself
Hanan Ashrawi	...	Interviewee
Orlando Avis	...	Himself
Peter Bouckaert	...	Himself
Sukriye Cetin	...	Himself
Tanya Chapuisat	...	Herself

Storyline

Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey. Human Flow is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left ...

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Taglines:

When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material including a disturbing image

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

Germany USA China Palestine

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 October 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marea humana

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$45,677, 15 October 2017, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$527,845, 21 December 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

24 Media Production Company, AC Films, Ai Weiwei Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Like Human Flow, Ai has created similar art installations such as the "Law of the Journey" that features a 200 foot inflatable boat carrying 258 refugee figures, "Laundromat" where he filled a New York City gallery with discarded clothing and personal notes left by refugees in a camp in Idomeni Greece, and the recreation of the captured image of Aylan Kurdi, the young Syrian who drowned off the coast of Turkey.

User Reviews

Watch it anyway.

The film is way too long and indulgent of the director's need to insert himself. But the message is far too important to ignore. Watch it anyway.