kqed's monica lam spoke with ai weiwei when he was in san ancisco. massive human migration due to war, violence, disaster. what did you learn from making is film? -what i have learned is very simple. amonthere's no single onegees, is willing to leave their home. they all struggle not to leave. it's very heavy price they have to pay. their relatives, friends, or whole village vanished by war, by famine, or environmental problems. -united states president lfdonald trump has cut in in fact, more than half the number of refugees allowed in ts country. what is your reaction to that? -i think that this current administration, what they did is beyond belief. -more than ever, we need the wall. we have drugs pouring through. -i should say it's a shame for a nation like ited states, which is the most powerful, not only leading in the economics but should be strongant nation in defending hights. after all, u.s. is a nation of immigrants. just a few generations ago, we all come from somewhere. er-absolutely. -i nevet a native here. i mean, to limit somebody's ri

-thank you very much, ai weiwei. -thank you.rr to addressing tough topics like race and ethnicity. he takes on the long-running cartoon series "the simpsons" in his documentary titled, "the problem with apu." e lores how an indian convenience store owner caters to stereotypes. -the problem is we didn't have any other representation in this country. -there was no iz, no mindy, no kal, no "th dude who was on 'lost' and that other dude from 'heroes' and that dude that's no "in the apu documentary,"ol no picians or reporters and no whatever deepak chopra is. this is all we h. apu reflected how america viewed us -- servile, devious, goofy. -and joining me now is hari kondabolu. h so nice e you here. -thanks for having me. -"the simpsons" was one of your favorite tv shows as a kid,d t you were so frustrated with the character named apu. why? -apu is a convenience store owner, very one-dimensional, stereotypica and at that time, that's the only depiction south asian-americans had, i specificalian-americans. like, we didn't have anythin

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