Disturbing the Peace : Indybay

Tan Zuoren is a civil rights advocate who investigated the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, including the deaths of 512 Wenchuan students, and the corruption which resulted in poor building construction. For his efforts, he was charged with “inciting subversion of state power.” During his trial, police violently detained witnesses, which is an obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to five years in prison. Disturbing the Peace is a confrontational film, with Ai Weiwei directly taking on the police and other authorities, and paying a heavy price for doing so. (2009, 78 min, digital)

Disturbing the Peace
Date	Sunday July 15
Time	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Location Details
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission Street, San Francisco Near Powell and Montgomery BART/Muni stations
Event Type	Screening
Organizer/Author	Jonathan Knapp
Tan Zuoren is a civil rights advocate who investigated the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, including the deaths of 512 Wenchuan students, and the corruption which resulted in poor building construction. For his efforts, he was charged with “inciting subversion of state power.” During his trial, police violently detained witnesses, which is an obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to five years in prison. Disturbing the Peace is a confrontational film, with Ai Weiwei directly taking on the police and other authorities, and paying a heavy price for doing so. (2009, 78 min, digital) For more event information: http://www.ybca.org/documentaries-ai-weiwei Added to the calendar on Monday Jun 18th, 2012 11:12 AM

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