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SAM Films: Cockroach

Sun Mar 23 2025

2–4 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Plestcheeff Auditorium

Photo: Chloe Collyer

Join us for screenings of films related to Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei curated by FOONG Ping, SAM Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art. These films are provided courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio.

Cockroach, 2020

Video (1 hour, 33 minutes)

Cockroach examines a 2019 Hong Kong government bill allowing the extradition of criminal suspects to face trial in China.

Tickets

Free with RSVP

SAM Films are generously supported by the Bagley and Virginia Wright Endowment and The Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Film and Education Endowment.

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