Human Flow (Germany-USA-China, documentary, 140 min., rated PG-13)
Director and artist Ai Weiwei immerses himself among the displaced, migratory people of Syria and other nations in crisis to create this detailed and heartbreaking exploration of the global refugee crisis. “Some documentaries find multitudes in fixed locations. Mr. Ai instead takes an ambulatory approach and wanders the globe, traveling to Africa (Kenya), Southeast Asia (Malaysia) and the Middle East (Israel, Jordan) as well as to North America and many ports of call throughout Europe. Every so often, he folds in an elegant or haunting quote, giving you something to think about as the camera shows a world in which, step by step, crisis by crisis, borders have become by turns absurd and immaterial.” – New York Times