Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
Playing Time |
012053 |
Description |
digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2016. |
Summary |
The danger is palpable as maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues travel 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. Filmmaker Nanfu Wang becomes a target along with Sparrow, as she faces destroyed cameras and intimidation. Yet she bravely and tenaciously keeps shooting, guerrilla-style, with secret recording devices and hidden-camera glasses, and in the process, she exposes a startling number of undercover security agents on the streets. Eventually, through smuggling footage out of the country, Wang is able tell the story of her journey with the extraordinary revolutionary Sparrow, her fellow activists, and their seemingly impossible battle for human rights in China. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Ye, Haiyan, 1975-.
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Human rights workers -- China.
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Political persecution -- China.
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Sexually abused children -- China.
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Prostitution -- China.
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Political culture -- China.
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China -- Politics and government -- 2002-.
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China -- Social conditions -- 2000-.
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Chinese language materials
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Genre |
Documentary films.
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Chinese language materials.
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Added Author |
Wang, Nanfu, film director.
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Kino Lorber Edu (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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Music No. |
1444568 Kanopy |
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