Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
Nanfu Wang: ¿Cómo era la vida en China durante la política del hijo único?
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en el pilar de la familia.
to be the pillar of the family.
its one-child policy.
introdujera su política del hijo único.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
a mi madre que se esterilizara.
to carry on the family name.
que perpetuara el apellido de la familia.
to have a second child,
tener un segundo hijo,
y pagar una multa elevada.
de niños de familias con un solo hijo.
from one-child families.
for having two children.
había hecho algo malo al tener dos hijos.
la raíz de esta vergüenza y esta culpa.
and guilt came from.
I had my own first child.
that ever happened in my life.
on my own childhood,
de mi propia infancia,
my memories of early life in China.
de mi juventud en China.
for a permission from the government
permiso del gobierno para tener un hijo.
who lived under the one-child policy.
sometida a la política del hijo único?
a documentary about it.
un documental sobre esto.
all of the babies born in my village,
de todos los partos de mi aldea,
when I interviewed her.
you delivered throughout your career?"
asistió en toda su carrera?".
and sterilizations.
y esterilizaciones.
would survive an abortion,
after delivering it.
of perpetrators and victims.
de responsables y víctimas,
with the consequences.
my interview with the midwife,
mi entrevista con la partera,
with elaborate homemade flags.
con elaboradas banderas caseras.
of a baby on it.
that were sent by families
ella había ayudado a tratar.
their infertility problems.
de practicar abortos y esterilizaciones,
and sterilizations --
was to help families have babies.
ayudar a que las familias tuvieran hijos.
la política del hijo único,
families have babies,
a las familias a tener hijos
what she did in the past.
lo que hizo en el pasado.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
era víctima de la política también.
and necessary for China's survival.
para que China sobreviviera.
was right for her country.
apropiado para su país.
around myself when I grew up.
the one-child policy
se encontraba en todas partes.
a esterilizarse será detenido.]
will be arrested.]
against disobeying it.
feeling embarrassed
avergonzada por tener un hermano menor.
can be influenced by the propaganda,
por la propaganda,
to make sacrifices for the greater good
a sacrificarse por un bien mayor
very dark and tragic.
en algo muy oscuro y trágico.
where this happens.
donde ocurre esto.
where propaganda isn't present.
que esté libre de propaganda.
more open and free than China,
son más abiertas y libres que China,
what propaganda looks like.
detectar la propaganda.
de reportajes, comerciales de televisión,
y ahora en las redes sociales.
without our knowledge.
la opinión de la gente sin que lo noten.
to accepting propaganda as truth,
a tomar la propaganda como verdad,
sea verdaderamente libre
replaces the truth
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nanfu Wang - Documentary filmmakerNanfu Wang uncovers untold stories about human rights in China.
Why you should listen
Nanfu Wang's Peabody Award-winning documentary, Hooligan Sparrow -- which follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan as she faces government surveillance and harassment after advocating for sexually abused schoolgirls -- was shortlisted for a 2017 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. She also directed and produced I Am Another You, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and her latest film, One Child Nation, which explores the history of China's birth policy and its profound effects on generations of Chinese parents and children. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Originally from a remote village in China, Wang overcame poverty and a lack of access to formal education en route to earning three master's degrees from Shanghai University, Ohio University and New York University. She teaches editing at the School of Visual Arts as well as cinematography at New York University.
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