Human Flow
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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 behind to the unknown potential of the future. Human Flow comes at
a crucial time when tolerance, compassion and trust are needed more than ever. This visceral work of
cinema is a testament to the unassailable human spirit and poses one of the questions that will define
this century: Will our global society emerge from fear, isolation, and self-interest and choose a path of
openness, freedom, and respect for humanity?
Participant Media and AC Films present Human Flow, a film directed by Ai Weiwei. The producers are Ai
Weiwei, Chin-chin Yap and Heino Deckert. Andy Cohen of AC Films with Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann
of Participant Media are the executive producers.