Over the weekend I watched a couple of excellent documentaries about key global anti-authoritarian figures. The first was Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, which intimately tracks the activities of the dissident Chinese artist from 2008 up until 2011 when he was detained by authorities. The second was Fela Kuti – Music is the Weapon, a short doc from 1982 which takes a look at the legendary Nigerian musician’s passionate interweaving of performance and politics set against the backdrop of tumult in his home country. The doc is on YouTube so if you find yourself with 50 minutes to spare, here it is. Credit to unpronounceable YouTuber n3ph3dh for the upload.

On a further Fela-related note, the BFI’s African Odysseys strand continues this weekend (Sat 18, 2pm) with a screening of the documentary Fela: Fresh From Africa which focuses on his long-awaited return to New York in 1986 and features extensive, exciting live footage. You can buy tickets here.