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Documentaries Fight for Attention Amid Box Office Boom

Dec 27, 2016 / News /

Even as the Chinese movie market flourishes, documentaries are always a hard sell. But 2016 saw a glimmer of hope for the underappreciated genre, with Chinese documentaries securing higher ticket sales and some serious accolades on the world stage. Read More

Chinese Documentary ‘Hooligan Sparrow’ Makes Oscar Shortlist

Dec 12, 2016 / News /

The 84-minute documentary recorded the protests against child sexual abuse at a primary school in China’s southern island province of Hainan. Read More

Exposing Sexual Abuse in China: Q&A with ‘Hooligan Sparrow’ Director Nanfu Wang

Jul 4, 2016 / People /

Nanfu Wang hoped that a woman called Ye Haiyan, who had offered free sex on the Internet to draw attention to the plight of poor women selling their bodies to support their children, would lead her to the prostitutes she wanted to interview. Read More

Documentaries Fight for Attention Amid Box Office Boom

Chinese Documentary ‘Hooligan Sparrow’ Makes Oscar Shortlist

Exposing Sexual Abuse in China: Q&A with ‘Hooligan Sparrow’ Director Nanfu Wang

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