Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
Nanfu Wang: Hur det var att växa upp under Kinas ettbarnspolitik
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to be the pillar of the family.
och bli familjens stöttepelare.
its one-child policy.
sin ettbarnspolitik.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
att min mamma skulle steriliseras.
to carry on the family name.
som kunde föra familjenamnet vidare.
to have a second child,
att skaffa ett andra barn,
from one-child families.
for having two children.
genom att ha två barn.
and guilt came from.
I had my own first child.
fick jag mitt första egna barn.
that ever happened in my life.
on my own childhood,
min egen barndom,
my memories of early life in China.
for a permission from the government
om regeringens tillåtelse
who lived under the one-child policy.
som levde under ettbarnspolitiken.
a documentary about it.
göra en dokumentär om det.
all of the babies born in my village,
alla barn som föddes i min by,
when I interviewed her.
när jag intervjuade henne.
you delivered throughout your career?"
förlöst under din karriär?"
på antalet förlossningar.
and sterilizations.
would survive an abortion,
längre gången graviditet överleva aborten
after delivering it.
efter att ha förlöst det.
of perpetrators and victims.
simpel berättelse om förövare och offer.
with the consequences.
my interview with the midwife,
intervjun med barnmorskan,
with elaborate homemade flags.
hemgjorda flaggor.
of a baby on it.
that were sent by families
their infertility problems.
som hon hade hjälpt att behandla.
and sterilizations --
was to help families have babies.
var att hjälpa familjer att skaffa barn.
families have babies,
genom att hjälpa familjer att få barn,
what she did in the past.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
hon också var ett av politikens offer.
and necessary for China's survival.
nödvändigt för Kinas överlevnad.
was right for her country.
var rätt för sitt land.
around myself when I grew up.
när jag växte upp.
the one-child policy
will be arrested.]
kommer bli arresterad.]
against disobeying it.
feeling embarrassed
med en känsla av skam
can be influenced by the propaganda,
kan påverkas av propagandan,
to make sacrifices for the greater good
göra uppoffringar för allmänhetens bästa
very dark and tragic.
något mycket mörkt och tragiskt.
where this happens.
stället där detta sker.
where propaganda isn't present.
där propaganda inte är närvarande.
more open and free than China,
öppna och fria än Kina,
what propaganda looks like.
känna igen hur propaganda ser ut.
without our knowledge.
utan att vi vet om det.
to accepting propaganda as truth,
att acceptera propaganda som sanning
replaces the truth
propaganda ersätter sanningen
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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