Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
Nanfu Wang: Como era ser criança sob a política de filho único na China
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que fosse um rapaz
to be the pillar of the family.
o pilar da família.
its one-child policy.
anunciar a política de filho único.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
que a minha mãe fosse esterilizada.
to carry on the family name.
para transmitir o nome de família.
to have a second child,
permissão para ter um segundo filho
from one-child families.
de famílias de um filho único.
for having two children.
tinha feito uma coisa errada
and guilt came from.
de vergonha e de culpa.
I had my own first child.
that ever happened in my life.
que já aconteceu na minha vida.
totalmente nova
on my own childhood,
my memories of early life in China.
de criança na China.
for a permission from the government
de pedir autorização ao governo
who lived under the one-child policy.
com a política de filho único.
a documentary about it.
um documentário sobre isso.
all of the babies born in my village,
todos os bebés na minha aldeia,
when I interviewed her.
you delivered throughout your career?"
ajudaste a nascer, durante a tua vida?"
para todos esses partos.
and sterilizations.
e esterilizações.
would survive an abortion,
sobrevivia a um aborto
after delivering it.
depois de o ajudar a nascer.
of perpetrators and victims.
de perpetradores e vítimas.
with the consequences.
com as consequências dela.
my interview with the midwife,
a entrevista com a parteira,
with elaborate homemade flags.
bandeiras artesanais.
of a baby on it.
uma fotografia de um bebé.
that were sent by families
their infertility problems.
problemas de infertilidade.
and sterilizations --
was to help families have babies.
era ajudar famílias a terem bebés.
a política de filho único
families have babies,
famílias a terem bebés,
what she did in the past.
o que tinha feito no passado.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
dessa política.
que o que ela fazia estava certo,
and necessary for China's survival.
para a sobrevivência da China.
was right for her country.
ser certo para o seu país.
around myself when I grew up.
à minha volta, quando eu era miúda.
the one-child policy
a política de filho único
will be arrested.]
será presa.]
against disobeying it.
contra a desobediência.
feeling embarrassed
eu sentia-me envergonhada
can be influenced by the propaganda,
podem ser influenciados pela propaganda
to make sacrifices for the greater good
sacrifícios por um bem maior
very dark and tragic.
muito sombria e trágica.
where this happens.
onde isto acontece.
where propaganda isn't present.
onde não esteja presente a propaganda.
more open and free than China,
mais abertas e mais livres do que a China,
what propaganda looks like.
o que é propaganda.
nos noticiários,
nas campanhas políticas
without our knowledge.
sem nos apercebermos disso.
to accepting propaganda as truth,
a aceitar a propaganda como uma verdade,
replaces the truth
em que a propaganda substitua a verdade
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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