Yours Truly (2019 film)
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| Produced by | John Caulkins et al. |
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| Edited by | Gina Leibrecht |
| Music by | Wendy Blackstone |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Arabic |
| Budget | $550,000 (estimated) |
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly is a 2019
Alcatraz, a former prison on an island near San Francisco, California
, USA.
The documentary covers the creation of the exhibition @Large:Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, a 2014 project that was shown at Alcatraz, with multiple exhibits, including Trace, which featured political prisoners around the world as lego portraits.Chinese government, so foreign travel was not possible for him and he had to create the exhibition remotely. The exhibition came about through contact with the San Francisco curator and gallerist Cheryl Haines.[2]
The film considers
CIA agent who revealed the CIA's use of torture, especially waterboarding
, and imprisoned by the US government during 2013–15 at the time of the exhibition.
References
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (27 September 2019). "Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly review – Alcatraz artwork mixes the political and personal". The Guardian.
- ^ Journeyman Pictures (15 October 2020). "Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly Preview Series – Art at Alcatraz". YouTube.
- ^ Gyarkye, Lovia (8 July 2020). "'Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly' Review: On the Irony of Personal Freedom". The New York Times.
