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Disturbing the Peace (2009)

Disturbing the Peace poster
Original title
老妈蹄花
Directed by
Ai Weiwei
Genre
documentary film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Director Ai Weiwei and activist Pu Zhiqiang ask police officers about what happened to a female colleague after a raid. They are on their way to testify at a trial for a civil rights advocate.

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What happens

Disturbing the Peace (Chinese: 老妈蹄花; pinyin: Lǎomā tíhuā) is a 2009 documentary film directed by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. In it, he and Pu Zhiqiang talk to police to discover what happened to a female colleague after a police raid on their way to Chengdu as witnesses in the trial of the civil rights advocate Tan Zuoren. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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