Further to the posting for the trailer for Ai Wei Wei's film, or cine-essay: Human Flow, the film was released in December 2017 and The Guardian reviewed the film, post release:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/07/human-flow-review-ai-weiwei-migration-documentary
I watched the film. It was one of the most impactful, moving and emotionally demanding pieces of cinema I have ever watched, in as much as it raises awareness of the magnitude of the issue.
As the reporter from the Guardian comments, it is beautifully shot. The camera shots are often from above and so help give a perspective to the scale of the number of people that may be on the move at any one time, and the distance from them also speaks of their alienation. There is a reduction in dialogue and the images speak profoundly of the plight and difficulties. The film, in taking account of the huge number of people across the world attempts to describe the magnitude of people being constantly affected by the many complications and consequences of being made a migrant. It also focuses on the individual stories which takes away from numbers and turns people into individuals, and so empathy and impact become immediate.
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