The DW documentary "Ai Weiwei Drifting" initially aimed to showcase Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's work at Berlin's University of the Arts, but it ended up focusing on much more. It shows China's most famous artist in the western world as a filmmaker, architect, concept artist and sculptor, but also as a father.
In light of the refugee crisis engulfing Europe, Weiwei has been working on his own documentary. Human Flow, which is currently in post-production, involved filming in 25 countries, including Afghanistan, Palestine, and Mexico. The film shows the tragedy of people fleeing their homes, thousands of whom have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
DW authors and directors Eva Mehl and Bettina Kolb accompanied him for 15 months. The nearly one-hour documentary, which was produced in cooperation with Deutsche Welle and the Einstein Foundation and premiered in Berlin, focuses on Weiwei's artistic approach to the refugee crisis. The documentary shows the artist, who was born in Beijing in…
