Hooligan Sparrow (2016)
84 min
The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to Hainan Province in southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Marked as enemies of the state, the activists are under constant government surveillance and face interrogation, harassment, and imprisonment. Sparrow, who gained notoriety with her advocacy work for sex workers’ rights, continues to champion girls’ and women’s rights and arms herself with the power and reach of social media.
- Release date
- July 22, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Ye Haiyan as Self
- Huang as Self - anonymous activist
- Wang Jianfen as Self - activist
- Tang Jitian as Self - lawyer
- Shan Lihua as Self - activist
- Jia Lingmin as Self - activist
- Wang Yu as Self - lawyer
Crew
- Nanfu Wang · Director
- Nanfu Wang · Writer
- Nanfu Wang · Producer
- Nathan Halpern · Composer
- Chris Ruggiero · Composer
- Nanfu Wang · Cinematographer
- Nanfu Wang · Editor