Hooligan Sparrow

Hooligan Sparrow
Hooligan Sparrow
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nanfu Wang
Written by	Nanfu Wang; Mark Monroe;
Produced by	Nanfu Wang; Andy Cohen; Alison Klayman; Peter Lucas; Michael Shade;
Starring	Ye Haiyan
Narrated by	Nanfu Wang
Cinematography	Nanfu Wang
Edited by	Nanfu Wang
Music by	Nathan Halpern; Chris Ruggiero;
Production; companies	Little Horse Crossing the River; In association with Diamond Docs; Bertha Foundation; Britdoc; AC Films;
Distributed by	The Film Collaborative; Kino Lorber (educational);
Release dates	January 22, 2016 (Sundance Film Festival); October 17, 2016 (PBS);
Running time	83 minutes
Countries	China; United States;
Languages	Mandarin; English;

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.