SummaryWhen a Chinese elementary school principal who raped six of his students seems poised to receive a light sentence, famed women’s rights advocate Ye Haiyan (AKA Hooligan Sparrow) leads a group of activists in a protest – a move that could end with each participant’s arrest. As filmmaker Nanfu Wang films the demonstration and its aftermath, she bec... Read More
Directed By:Nanfu Wang
Written By:Nanfu Wang, Mark Monroe
Hooligan Sparrow
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Jul 22, 2016
100
Regardless of their ultimate fate, the existence of Ye Haiyan and every soul she has ever sought to protect are undeniable, and thanks to filmmakers like Wang, immortal.
Jul 12, 2016
83
Hooligan Sparrow is a vital reminder of the importance of artistic and journalistic freedom, and that telling certain stories can be an inherently perilous proposition — especially when those stories reveal something that the government would rather keep under wraps.
Jul 12, 2016
80
Throughout, Wang makes a virtue out of necessity: Her on-the-run scoping and jarring cuts infuse the film with a sense of desperate danger befitting its subject matter.
Jul 21, 2016
70
Hooligan Sparrow, which Ms. Wang also shot and skillfully edited, has the pulse of a mainstream thriller but without the pacifying polish and tidiness.
Jul 21, 2016
67
Hooligan Sparrow is held tight on the strength of the solidarity it finds between these women, and while many other movies have more powerfully exposed the corruption of contemporary China, few have so articulately confronted the gendered weight of these prejudices, and how women always seem to be the first citizens to have their wings clipped.
Jul 10, 2016
63
The Nanfu Wang film's noble aims are mirrored in its more frustrating and conventional qualities.
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Dec 6, 2016
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虽然拍摄手法烂到家。但这个是真实事件……采访什么的也都是真实拍摄……当然,仅凭这个纪录片很难确定警方有没有贪腐……但是,国内确实有审查制度,越来越限制言论自由,而且很多导演都因为这种制度被限制了,就好比《1942》。不论原电影是怎样的,说实话,限制言论本身一直就存在,这段历史本身就没什么可被限制的,我不太理解这些,毕竟以前一直没有被限制……然后就突然增加了很多限制级词汇和内容……要能给个合理的原因倒也可以……结果是连个通知都没有……这做法太孙子了吧?
大家都上过学,上学时经历的教育贪腐,不也是常有的事吗?什么利用谢师宴、资料费等等向学生乱收费一类乱七八糟的东西。既然公立学校学校想证明没有贪腐,就给学生详细的报税单好了,让家长们核对。当然我曾经向我们高中要过详细的账目表和发票,被人讽刺为“事包”,那既然都是合理、合法的收费,那就得给出像超市一样的详细发票……不强迫你如何如何,只要你交钱就好了……这是我上高中时班主任说过的一句话……其实这给人感觉那个班主任就是吃回扣了……
毕竟不能只看单边证词……但是在像广场、马路一类的公共场合,警察阻挠公众曝光查案过程是常有的……这些在中国已播出新闻上也常出现,估计是当地政府害怕上级责怪,为了政绩和名誉或者说想要升官发财?谁知到呢……要求警察阻挠在公开场合的视频拍摄、一些不会影响他人的个人抗议行为等等。这些内容还在已经公映的《我不是潘金莲》中提及。所以警察究竟有没有收钱办事,是另一回……美国不也有FBI嘛……道理是一样的。
估计在国内的名声会变的糟糕吧。现在能说些真话的人很少了。预告片和宣传片貌似在国内被禁止了……毕竟,国内主要是无脑爱国人士多一些,民族主义者是不接受本民族的任何污点的。作为天朝公民,要支持这片子基本就相当于“以危险方式危害公共安全罪”了吧。拜托啊……这是本国新闻啊……还有东方卫视一类的台标呢……谁用能耐因为说几句话、拍几部电影就危害公共安全了?
Production Company:
- Doc Society
- Little Horse Crossing the River
Release Date:Jul 22, 2016
Duration:1 h 24 m
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Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations





























