Five-ish stories above King Street one recent morning, Ai Weiwei wore the many miles and 30-plus cities of the trans-national promotion tour for Human Flow, his new documentary on the endlessly cascading global refugee crisis, like a yoke around his neck. Human Flow is as direct a film as Ai is a filmmaker. Ai Weiwei's film Human Flow tries to put a face on the cascading global refugee crisis. “This comes after years of so-called globalization,” Ai, 60, says wearily. But the truth is, most people have no idea what the refugee crisis is.” Still, he never gives up hope.

Source: thestar October 19, 2017 16:30 UTC