Human Flow | Message from Filmmaker Ai Weiwei | Participant Media
Artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei’s documentary “Human Flow” explores the global refugee crisis through footage and interviews in more than 22 countries.
Filmed over the span of a year, “Human Flow” was shot by 25 film crews in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Palestine, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand and Turkey. Ai Weiwei artfully captures the massive and shocking breadth of the global migration crisis in this epic film, which portrays the plight of today’s 65 million forcibly displaced individuals – the highest number ever – forced out of their homes by war, famine and climate change on long, treacherous journeys in search of new lives.
Director: Ai Weiwei
Producers: Ai Weiwei, Chin-chin Yap, Heino Deckert
Executive Producers: Andy Cohen, Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann
