Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
Nanfu Wang: Cum am crescut în China în timpul politicii unui singur copil
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to be the pillar of the family.
și să devină stâlpul familiei.
its one-child policy.
politicii unui singur copil în China.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
și au ordonat ca mama să fie sterilizată.
to carry on the family name.
să ducă mai departe numele familiei.
to have a second child,
li s-a permis să mai aibă un copil,
from one-child families.
din familii cu un singur copil.
for having two children.
a făcut ceva rău având doi copii.
and guilt came from.
de rușine și vină.
I had my own first child.
am avut primul meu copil.
that ever happened in my life.
care mi s-a întâmplat în viață.
on my own childhood,
asupra copilăriei mele,
my memories of early life in China.
primii ani de viață din China.
for a permission from the government
a trebuit să ceară permisiunea guvernului
who lived under the one-child policy.
în perioada politicii unui singur copil.
a documentary about it.
să fac un documentar despre asta.
all of the babies born in my village,
toți copiii născuți în satul meu,
when I interviewed her.
you delivered throughout your career?"
de-a lungul carierei?”
and sterilizations.
would survive an abortion,
after delivering it.
după ce îl aducea pe lume.
of perpetrators and victims.
cu autori și victime.
with the consequences.
my interview with the midwife,
with elaborate homemade flags.
lucrate cu grijă.
of a baby on it.
poza unui copil.
that were sent by families
their infertility problems.
problemele de infertilitate.
and sterilizations --
was to help families have babies.
este să ajute familiile să aibă copii.
politicii unui singur copil,
families have babies,
să aibă copii,
what she did in the past.
ceea ce a făcut în trecut.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
că și ea a fost o victimă a politicii.
and necessary for China's survival.
și necesar pentru supraviețuirea Chinei.
was right for her country.
că e corect pentru țara ei.
around myself when I grew up.
atunci când am crescut.
politica unui singur copil
the one-child policy
will be arrested.]
va fi arestat.]
against disobeying it.
în caz de nesupunere.
feeling embarrassed
simțindu-mă rușinată
can be influenced by the propaganda,
pot fi influențate de propagandă,
to make sacrifices for the greater good
pentru binele comun
very dark and tragic.
în ceva întunecat și tragic.
where this happens.
unde se întâmplă acest lucru.
where propaganda isn't present.
în care să nu fie prezentă propaganda.
more open and free than China,
mai deschise și mai libere decât China,
what propaganda looks like.
cum arată propaganda.
without our knowledge.
to accepting propaganda as truth,
să accepte propaganda ca adevăr,
replaces the truth
propaganda înlocuiește adevărul
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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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