Tuesday The Playlist shared a first look at The Sand Storm, a short film directed by filmmaker Jason Wishnow and developed through Kickstarter that gained a lot of attention, and controversy, thanks to the involvement of famed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
As is his nature, Ai attracts controversy wherever he goes, but Wishnow’s film was notable because he agreed to a small role in Wishnow’s short, one that was made on the fly in China, without the consent of the Chinese government and specifically because Ai is under Chinese surveillance. In promoting his project, Wishnow touted that Ai starred in the film, and as a result he quickly earned over $100,000 of his just $33,000 Kickstarter goal back in June.
But The Washington Post later reported that the project’s Kickstarter page was frozen due to Ai publicly underselling his role in the film and objecting to the film on...
As is his nature, Ai attracts controversy wherever he goes, but Wishnow’s film was notable because he agreed to a small role in Wishnow’s short, one that was made on the fly in China, without the consent of the Chinese government and specifically because Ai is under Chinese surveillance. In promoting his project, Wishnow touted that Ai starred in the film, and as a result he quickly earned over $100,000 of his just $33,000 Kickstarter goal back in June.
But The Washington Post later reported that the project’s Kickstarter page was frozen due to Ai publicly underselling his role in the film and objecting to the film on...
- 9/10/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
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