Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
Nanfu Wang: Kako je bilo odrastati u Kini u doba politike jednog djeteta
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to be the pillar of the family.
its one-child policy.
politiku jednog djeteta po obitelji.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
majci da se podvrgne sterilizaciji.
to carry on the family name.
nastavio obiteljsko ime.
dozvoljeno imati drugo dijete,
to have a second child,
s jednim djetetom.
from one-child families.
for having two children.
učinila nešto loše jer ima dvoje djece.
and guilt came from.
I had my own first child.
dobila sam svoje prvo dijete.
that ever happened in my life.
koja mi se ikad dogodila.
na moje djetinjstvo
on my own childhood,
moje djetinjstvo u Kini.
my memories of early life in China.
tražiti dozvolu od vlasti
for a permission from the government
u vrijeme politike jednog djeteta.
who lived under the one-child policy.
dokumentarni film o tome.
a documentary about it.
sam razgovarala
svu novorođenčad u mome selu,
all of the babies born in my village,
when I interviewed her.
porodila u svom radnom vijeku?"
you delivered throughout your career?"
and sterilizations.
i sterilizacija.
would survive an abortion,
after delivering it.
bi ga porodila.
of perpetrators and victims.
o počiniteljima i žrtvama.
with the consequences.
njezinim posljedicama.
my interview with the midwife,
with elaborate homemade flags.
of a baby on it.
that were sent by families
their infertility problems.
liječenja neplodnosti.
and sterilizations --
was to help families have babies.
pomogla obiteljima da dobiju dijete.
jednog djeteta.
families have babies,
da dobiju dijete
what she did in the past.
činila u prošlosti.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
da je i ona bila žrtva te politike.
and necessary for China's survival.
kako bi Kina preživjela.
was right for her country.
za svoju zemlju.
around myself when I grew up.
dok sam odrastala.
the one-child policy
politike jednog djeteta
bit će smjesta uhićen.]
will be arrested.]
odbijanja poslušnosti.
against disobeying it.
u naše umove toliko snažno
feeling embarrassed
can be influenced by the propaganda,
mogu pasti pod utjecaj promidžbe
u svrhu većeg dobra
to make sacrifices for the greater good
vrlo mračno i tragično.
very dark and tragic.
where this happens.
u kojoj ne postoji promidžba.
where propaganda isn't present.
otvorenija i slobodnija od Kine,
more open and free than China,
kako ta promidžba izgleda.
what propaganda looks like.
u vidu novinarskih izvješća,
without our knowledge.
bez našeg znanja.
promidžbe kao istine,
to accepting propaganda as truth,
replaces the truth
promidžba zamjenjuje istinu
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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