One Child Nation is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang about the fallout of China's one-child policy that lasted from 1979 to 2015. The documentary is made up of various interviews with former village chiefs, state officials, ex-human traffickers, artists, midwives, journalists, researchers, and victims of the one-child policy. Nanfu Wang stated, in a roundtable discussion, that when creating the film she wanted to do a "360 degree with the policy—people who carried out the policy and people who were the victims of the policy". During the film, Nanfu Wang discovers more about the ties her own family have with the one-child policy, as they unsuccessfully attempt to locate her cousin who was abandoned by her father’s sister in 1989. By the end of the film, Nanfu Wang admits that despite the horrors of the one-child policy, there is an overwhelming acceptance of the policy that remains in China, and a shared attitude that there was no other choice. The closing scenes of the film show the growing propaganda for two child families, presenting the repetition of state interference with family planning within China.
One Child Nation (2019)
Directed by Jialing Zhang / Nanfu Wang
Genres - Documentary, History |
Release Date - Mar 29, 2019 |
Run Time - 88 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
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Movie Info
Official Site
Box Office
$271,841
Themes
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Abduction, Abortion, Account, Associate, Author, Child, China, Civilization, Couple, Family, Family Relationships, Government, Hooligan, Husband Wife Relationship, Independent Film, Kind, Member, Mother, National, Process, Sparrow, Sterilization, Testimony, Victim, Violation, War, Witness
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Subject: Documentary about children, Documentary about China, family planning policy of People's Republic of Chi, one-child policy
Alternate Titles
Born in China
CN, JP, NL, SG
Ettbarnslandet
SE
Kinas dræbte børn
DK
La nation de l'enfant unique
FR
Land der Einzelkinder
, DE
One Child Nation
, AR, AU, BR, CA, IN, IE, IT, NO, ES, SE, GB, US
Polityka jednego dziecka
PL
Το Έθνος του Ενός Παιδιού
GR
Народжений у Китаї
UA
Нация одного ребёнка
RU
Страна одного ребёнка
RU
वन चाइल्ड नेशन
IN
一胎化的国家
CN
独生之国
CN
独生子女国度
CN
獨生之國
TW
生在中国
CN