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Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

2012 · 19 min

A quiet, talky documentary short that listens to one man's everyday take on political language.

Directed by
Ai Weiwei
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A Beijing taxi driver's special understanding of the Party's entreaty "We will not follow the old and rigid path" during the 18th Party Congress.

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    • politics
    • identity
    • freedom
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    • big city
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    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Ai Weiwei
    Runtime
    19 min
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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