''Hooligan Sparrow'' is a 2016

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

about

Ye Haiyan Ye Haiyan (born 1975) is a Chinese gender activist, best known for her action in favor of women, prostitutes, and children against violence and sexual aggression. In May of 2012, her NGO office in Guangxi was raided by eight plainclothes men wh ...

and other Chinese activists written and produced by

Nanfu Wang Nanfu Wang (born 1985) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Her debut film '' Hooligan Sparrow'' premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017. Her second film, ''I A ...

Synopsis

The documentary is about a child rape case in China (involving a government official) and the protests against it by activists

, Shan Lihua,

Tang Jitian Tang Jitian () is a human rights lawyer in the People's Republic of China. Based in Beijing, he is a prominent figure in the Weiquan (rights defending) movement, and has defended victims of illegal land requisitions, Falun Gong adherents, HIV/AI ...

, Wang Jianfen, Jia Lingmin, Wang Yu, and Huang. It is composed of footage captured surreptitiously, and smuggled out of the country, by Nanfu Wang.

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on '' POV'' * * * 2016 films 2016 documentary films Chinese documentary films 2010s Mandarin-language films Films set in China Documentary films about China Documentary films about human rights Films about activists Films about child sexual abuse Peabody Award-winning broadcasts Chinese independent films Films directed by Nanfu Wang {{China-stub