title: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
text: # Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
  
  Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a 2016 documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald about the life and work of Cai Guo-Qiang known for his artwork with the help of gunpowder. The film was released by Netflix on October 14, 2016.
  
  ## Premise
  
  The story is told both through Cai Guo-Qiang's own words, as well as family, friends and observers of his craft, spanning from the artist's childhood in Mao's China just starting out, all the way to present day highly-publicized public art performances on a global scale.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Ian Buruma
  * Guo-Qiang Cai
  * Wen-You Cai
  * Wenhao Cai
  * Ben Davis
  * Jeffrey Deitch
  * Phil Grucci
  * Thomas Krens
  * Tatsumi Masatoshi
  * Orville Schell
  * Jennifer Wen Ma
  * Hong Hong Wu
  * Yimou Zhang
  