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.
Hooligan Sparrow has generally received positive reviews.
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Hooligan Sparrow was released in 2016 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 31 reviews, giving Hooligan Sparrow (2016) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 80%.
With a score of 74%, Hooligan Sparrow is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2016, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2016 with similar scores include films like The Nice Guys, Don't Breathe and 10 Cloverfield Lane.
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