Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
ננפו וואנג: איך היה זה לגדול תחת מדיניות הילד האחד בסין
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to be the pillar of the family.
its one-child policy.
על מדיניות הילד האחד שלה.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
לעקר את אמא שלי.
to carry on the family name.
שימשיך את שם המשפחה.
to have a second child,
קיבלו רשות ללדת ילד נוסף,
from one-child families.
for having two children.
בכך שהיו בה שני ילדים.
and guilt came from.
I had my own first child.
that ever happened in my life.
on my own childhood,
חדשה לגמרי על הילדות שלי,
my memories of early life in China.
for a permission from the government
לאישור ממשלתי
who lived under the one-child policy.
שחיו תחת מדיניות הילד האחד.
a documentary about it.
all of the babies born in my village,
את כל התינוקות שנולדו בכפר שלי,
when I interviewed her.
you delivered throughout your career?"
במהלך הקריירה שלך?"
and sterilizations.
would survive an abortion,
היה שורד את ההפלה,
after delivering it.
אחרי שיילדה אותו.
of perpetrators and victims.
של פושעים וקורבנות.
with the consequences.
my interview with the midwife,
with elaborate homemade flags.
of a baby on it.
that were sent by families
their infertility problems.
and sterilizations --
was to help families have babies.
היתה לעזור למשפחות ללדת תינוקות.
families have babies,
העזרה למשפחות ללדת תינוקות,
what she did in the past.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
and necessary for China's survival.
להישרדותה של סין.
was right for her country.
שהוא נכון עבור מדינתה.
around myself when I grew up.
the one-child policy
will be arrested.]
against disobeying it.
feeling embarrassed
can be influenced by the propaganda,
ניתנים להשפעה על ידי התעמולה,
to make sacrifices for the greater good
להקריב קורבנות לטובת הכלל
very dark and tragic.
where this happens.
where propaganda isn't present.
more open and free than China,
פתוחות וחופשיות יותר מסין,
what propaganda looks like.
בדיווחים תקשורתיים,
without our knowledge.
את המוח שלנו ללא ידיעתנו.
to accepting propaganda as truth,
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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