Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour vs Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour). Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour is the shorter watch at 55m compared with 1h . Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment| Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour | Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2025 |
| Length | 55m | 1h |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Matthew Springford | Steve Lawson |
| Main cast | Ai Weiwei | Richard Felix, Mark Topping |
Synopsis
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Arts documentary, first broadcast before Ai Weiwei's arrest by the Chinese authorities in April 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, Ai Weiwei is China's most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Alan Yentob explores the story of Ai Weiwei's life and art, and reveals how this most courageous and determined of artists continues to fight for artistic…
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
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