What do Ai Weiwei, graffiti artist Keith Haring and French dance crews have in common?
Yes, they are all artists who inspire the world with their drawings and dances and installations and various other artistic thingmebobs.
But more importantly – at least when it comes to your plans for the weekend – all are the subjects of feature film documentaries available to stream for free on streaming site Artfilms-Digital.
From today until Tuesday October 16, you can watch three acclaimed films for free – Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, The Universe of Keith Haring and When Hip Hop Becomes Art.
To access them, here’s what you do.
STEP 1: Login to our streaming site as a guest login name: filmfestival4, password: artfilms.
STEP 2: Click here to watch Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, here to watch The Universe of Keith Haring and here to watch When Hip Hop Becomes Art.
Here’s more info about each of the films. Enjoy!
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organises people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention. The inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics.
The Universe of Keith Haring
Everybody knows his drawings and his stylized silhouettes, yet few people know his name. The most successful pop/graffiti artist of the 80s is still all around us in galleries, public spaces, and in clothing design. Christina Clausen delivers an incredibly touching portrait of the “Little Prince of New York City.” Thanks to amazing archival footage, vivid interviews and music hits of the 80s, we relive an era of intellectual and sexual freedom, eccentricities and insane creativity.
When Hip Hop Becomes Art
The film visits several of France’s most top-ranked dance crews as they demonstrate, through master classes, theater performances and competition battles, how they are revitalising contemporary dance with the help and direction from renowned French choreographers such as Anthony Egea and Mourad Merzouki. Combining stunning dance footage, personal interviews, and thrilling breakdancing competitions, this documentary sets out to show how hip hop is continually evolving and becomes Art.
