Hooligan Sparrow (2016)

Directed by

Nanfu Wang

Genre

documentary film, drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

9

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Chinese activist Ye Haiyan and others as they protest the sexual abuse of six school girls by their principal in Hainan, China. The protesters, the filmmaker, and their associates face harassment from police and thugs.

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What happens

Hooligan Sparrow is a 2016 documentary film about Ye Haiyan and other Chinese activists written, produced and directed by Nanfu Wang. Ye and other activists, including the human rights lawyers Tang Jitian and Wang Yu, lead protests in Hainan, China, demanding justice for six school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Soon the protesters, the filmmaker, their families and some acquaintances become targets of harassment by policemen and thugs across different locations in China. It was the debut film by Wang, a Chinese-born American filmmaker, and earned her various accolades, including a Peabody Award and a Truer than Fiction Independent Spirit Award for emerging filmmakers. Hooligan Sparrow was generally praised by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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