Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is currently streaming on Netflix

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2017)79 minDocumentaryRating 59/100

The Sky Ladder is a 1,650-foot ladder of fire climbing into the skies above artist Cai Guo-Qiang's hometown. Creating ambitious signature pieces on the largest imaginable scales, Cai's electrifying work often transcends physical permanence while burning its philosophies into the audience members' minds. Told through the artist's own words and those of family, friends and observers, the film tracks Cai's meteoric rise and examines why he engineers artworks that loom as far as the eye can see.

Cast: Cai Guoqiang, Ian Buruma, Cai Wen-You, Wenhao Cai, Jeffrey Deitch, Phil Grucci, Thomas Krens

Director: Kevin Macdonald