Ai Weiwei on living in exile, his artistic reaction to coronavirus and making a secret Wuhan film

Ai Weiwei’s mother is visibly pained recalling her son’s life as a newborn. “He was born at his father’s darkest time,” says Gao Ying in the new documentary, Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, released earlier this month from First Run Features. The film, directed by Cheryl Haines, co-directed by Gina Leibrecht and available to stream through select cinema websites in the...