TURN IT UP: REJECTING CENSORSHIP IN CHINA

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PEN America is proud to partner with the Guggenheim Museum for “Turn it On: China on Film, 2000–2017,” a 10-week film festival curated by artist Ai Weiwei and filmmaker Wang Fen on the occasion of Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, on view at the Guggenheim through January 7, 2018. The 20 documentaries selected for inclusion in this festival testify to the intrepid and creative spirit of their filmmakers, and they investigate the political, social, economic, and cultural conditions of contemporary China.