documentary film Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
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Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary film that explores the life, creative process, and spectacular pyrotechnic artworks of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
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| documentary film Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: documentary film Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Context triple: [Cai Guo-Qiang, subjectOf, documentary film Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang]
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The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a 2012 documentary film that follows Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s confrontations with government censorship and his use of art and social media as tools of political dissent.
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documentary film "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, focusing on his political dissent, creative work, and clashes with Chinese authorities.
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documentary film "Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case"
"Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case" is a documentary film that follows Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei in the aftermath of his secret detention, exploring his legal struggles, government surveillance, and continued resistance through art.
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Jia Zhangke film Platform
"Platform" is a 2000 Chinese drama film by director Jia Zhangke that follows a group of young performers navigating social and cultural change in China from the late 1970s to the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: documentary film Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Target entity description: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary film that explores the life, creative process, and spectacular pyrotechnic artworks of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
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A.
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
-
B.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a 2012 documentary film that follows Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s confrontations with government censorship and his use of art and social media as tools of political dissent.
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C.
documentary film "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, focusing on his political dissent, creative work, and clashes with Chinese authorities.
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D.
documentary film "Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case"
"Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case" is a documentary film that follows Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei in the aftermath of his secret detention, exploring his legal struggles, government surveillance, and continued resistance through art.
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E.
Jia Zhangke film Platform
"Platform" is a 2000 Chinese drama film by director Jia Zhangke that follows a group of young performers navigating social and cultural change in China from the late 1970s to the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
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film ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming |
China
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
Cai Guo-Qiang's family
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art-world institutions ⓘ large-scale outdoor explosions ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| director | Kevin Macdonald ⓘ |
| distributor | Netflix ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
art and politics
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artistic ambition ⓘ censorship and control ⓘ family and heritage ⓘ |
| featuresWork |
Sky Ladder
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explosion events ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Cai Guo-Qiang's creative process
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Cai Guo-Qiang's pyrotechnic artworks ⓘ the Sky Ladder project ⓘ
linked to:
Sky Ladder
|
| genre |
biographical documentary
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documentary ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Beijing
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New York City ⓘ Quanzhou ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isAbout |
the life of Cai Guo-Qiang
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the making of the Sky Ladder artwork ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
Chinese
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English ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| producer |
Fisher Stevens
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Hugo Shong ⓘ Jean Tsien ⓘ Kevin Macdonald ⓘ Wendi Murdoch ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Netflix ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2016-10-14 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 76 ⓘ |
| starring | Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| subject |
Chinese contemporary art
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artist biography ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ gunpowder art ⓘ installation art ⓘ pyrotechnic art ⓘ |
| title | Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
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