Human Flow (2017)
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More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, Weiwei follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretch across the globe, including Afghanistan, France, Greece, Germany and Iraq.
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Human Flow is an epic portrait of mass migration that understands how a lack of empathy often stems from a failure of imagination.
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Human Flow is rooted in specific current national and political situations, yet it offers a portrait of forced human movement and suffering that feels almost timeless.
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With its epic scale and global reach, Human Flow is a powerful testament to a shameful crime against humanity.
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This is an urgent, deep soak in the current refugee crisis.
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Shot in 23 countries, the film has an amazing breadth and a relentless moral drive that will make it a reference point for this subject, whatever the audience response may be.
