Movie

Disturbing the Peace

2009 · 78 min

A raw, handheld act of bearing witness, following advocates through bureaucratic stonewalling with mounting unease and quiet outrage.

Directed by: Ai Weiwei
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Ai Weiwei

Overview: "Disturbing the Peace" is a documentary of an incident during Tan Zuoren's trial on August 12, 2009. Tan Zuoren was charged with inciting subversion of state power. Chengdu police detained witnessed during the trial of the civil rights advocate, which is an obstruction of justice and violence. Tan Zuoren was charged as a result of his research and questioning regarding the 5.12 Wenchuan students' casualties and the corruption resulting poor building construction. Tan Zuoren was sentenced five years to prison.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: Disturbing the Peace

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

Directed by: Ai Weiwei
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Ai Weiwei

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
corruption
power
politics
grief
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	10
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

Titles like Disturbing the Peace

Movie

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

2012

A gripping, intimate portrait of an artist under pressure, blending creative energy with the chill of political repression.

Tense, earnest · about justice and power · documentary

Via: tense
earnest
justice
power
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 92 min

Details

Ai Weiwei: Never SorryHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Ping'an Yueqing

2013

A somber, methodical documentary that feels like an act of bearing witness, demanding patience and attention as it examines a suspicious death and official denial.

Same director: Ai Weiwei · Tense, earnest · about justice and corruption · documentary

Also: Same director: Ai Weiwei
Via: tense
earnest
justice
corruption
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 103 min

Details

Ping'an YueqingHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Crab House

2012

Watching this feels like quietly witnessing bureaucratic power crush a personal project, leaving a lingering unease.

Same director: Ai Weiwei · Tense · about justice and corruption · documentary

Also: Same director: Ai Weiwei
Via: tense
justice
corruption
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 60 min

Details

The Crab HouseHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50

2014

A patient, sobering procedural of state pressure and quiet endurance, watching daily life under surveillance with mounting weariness and resolve.

Same director: Ai Weiwei · About justice and corruption · documentary

Also: Same director: Ai Weiwei
Via: justice
corruption
documentary
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 127 min

Details

Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50Hidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Flower Good Moon Round

2011

A sobering, firsthand look at state violence that feels urgent and unsettling, asking for close attention.

Same director: Ai Weiwei · Tense, earnest · about justice and corruption · documentary

Also: Same director: Ai Weiwei
Via: tense
earnest
justice
corruption
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 126 min

Details

Flower Good Moon RoundHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

A Beautiful Life

2010

A patient, quietly tense documentary that observes bureaucratic limbo and personal protest with earnest attention.

Same director: Ai Weiwei · Tense, earnest · about justice and politics · documentary

Also: Same director: Ai Weiwei
Via: tense
earnest
justice
politics
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 96 min

Details

A Beautiful LifeHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

One Recluse

2010

A sober, patient documentary that walks through a violent case and its murky legal aftermath, leaving a heavy sense of injustice.

Same director: Ai Weiwei · About justice and corruption · documentary

Also: Same director: Ai Weiwei
Via: justice
corruption
documentary
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 180 min

Details

One RecluseHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

You Know What I Mean

2014

A sober, slow-burning documentary that immerses you in the grim mechanics of injustice, leaving a heavy and lingering sense of outrage.

Same director: Ai Weiwei · Tense, earnest · about justice and corruption · documentary

Also: Same director: Ai Weiwei
Via: tense
earnest
justice
corruption
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 75 min

Details

You Know What I MeanHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

One Child Nation

2019

A sobering, deeply personal documentary that confronts painful history with quiet urgency, leaving a lingering sense of grief and unease.

Earnest · about power and politics · documentary

Via: earnest
power
politics
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 88 min

Details

One Child NationHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Silence of Others

2019

A quiet, patient act of bearing witness, letting elderly survivors speak plainly while the weight of buried history presses steadily on the viewer.

Tense, earnest · about justice and power · documentary

Via: tense
earnest
justice
power
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 95 min

Details

The Silence of OthersHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Ximei

2019

A raw, urgent documentary that immerses you in one woman's relentless fight against injustice, leaving you shaken and moved.

Tense, earnest · about justice and corruption · true story

Via: tense
earnest
justice
corruption
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 98 min

Details

XimeiHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Untouchable

2019

A sober, harrowing sit of testimony and investigation that leaves you angry and shaken rather than entertained.

About justice and corruption · documentary

Via: justice
corruption
documentary
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 98 min

Details

UntouchableHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres: documentary
Directed by: Ai Weiwei
Starring: Ai Weiwei
Music: Zuoxiao Zuzhou
Cinematography: Zhao Zhao
Runtime: 78 min
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

TMDB IMDb Letterboxd Wikipedia Wikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

Disturbing the Peace

How it feels

More like this

Titles like Disturbing the Peace

Where to watch in the UK

Details