Ai Weiwei Never Sorry

The film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is in part about how the government responds to Ai Weiwei’s controversial artwork. Over the course of the film, he is beaten, watched, and arrested because his art goes against the Chinese government. The government tries to censor any content that may show them in a bad light, which prevents revolts from taking place in China since they never hear about the injustices that have occurred. Ai Weiwei, however, utilizes technology to spread information about what is going on: he uses blogging and recording as ways to make sure the government can’t hide what has happened. This Communist government, however, wants sole control over the economy and the politics of the country, but much of Ai Weiwei’s artwork fights against what the government is trying to force onto its’ people through the spread of information. With the technology Ai Weiwei uses, he is able to display the evidence of the injustices that are occurring in China, including posting the names of Sichuan earthquake victims on his blog and recording the police assaulting him. This way he can spread the information

The reason they did this is because it was their fault the students died: the government school buildings were poorly built and could not withstand the force of the earthquake. Ai Weiwei, with the help of people he recruited online, gathered the names of all the students that died. When he posted the list of names online, however, the government shut down his blog. He then joined Twitter, and still posts every day. If Ai Weiwei had not found and posted those names, no one would have truly known how many people died. With current technology, it is much harder to control the spread of information online. In his case, this is very good, as the government cannot hide everything they have done from the people. This can lead to protests and in turn,