Nanfu Wang’s documentary investigates the terrible toll taken by China’s decades-long campaign of population control
Some documentaries achieve distinction through clear-cut cause and effect—they bring recognition to worthy subjects, or cause grief for deserving scoundrels.
But what of a film that depicts the almost inconceivable horrors of an event in the past? What effect can it have now? The subject of “One Child Nation” is the draconian campaign of population control that convulsed China between 1979 and 2015 by limiting families to one child. A strong rationale for this devastating—and distinguished—documentary feature comes from one of its most eloquent participants, an artist named Peng Wang. He has used the one-child policy...
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