Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
Nanfu Wang: Com'era crescere in Cina durante la politica del figlio unico
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diventato il pilastro della famiglia.
to be the pillar of the family.
la politica del figlio unico.
its one-child policy.
di sottoporsi a sterilizzazione.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
avanti il nome della famiglia.
to carry on the family name.
di avere un secondo figlio,
to have a second child,
from one-child families.
avesse fatto qualcosa di sbagliato
for having two children.
questo senso di colpa e di vergogna.
and guilt came from.
ho avuto il mio primo figlio.
I had my own first child.
che mi sia mai capitata.
that ever happened in my life.
una prospettiva totalmente nuova
on my own childhood,
alla mia giovinezza in Cina.
my memories of early life in China.
chiedere al governo l'autorizzazione
for a permission from the government
durante la politica del figlio unico.
who lived under the one-child policy.
un documentario sull'argomento.
a documentary about it.
tutti i bambini del mio villaggio,
all of the babies born in my village,
when I interviewed her.
ha fatto nascere nella sua carriera?"
you delivered throughout your career?"
and sterilizations.
would survive an abortion,
dopo averlo fatto nascere.
after delivering it.
a girare il documentario,
una semplice storia
of perpetrators and victims.
messo in atto quella politica
with the consequences.
viverne le conseguenze.
la mia intervista con la levatrice,
my interview with the midwife,
bandiere fatte in casa.
with elaborate homemade flags.
c'era la foto di un neonato.
of a baby on it.
che le avevano inviato le famiglie
that were sent by families
i problemi di infertilità.
their infertility problems.
and sterilizations --
era aiutare le famiglie ad avere figli.
was to help families have babies.
la politica del figlio unico
le famiglie ad avere figli,
families have babies,
quello che aveva fatto in passato.
what she did in the past.
era una vittima di questa politica.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
era giusto e necessario
and necessary for China's survival.
fosse giusto per il suo Paese.
was right for her country.
around myself when I grew up.
del figlio unico era ovunque.
the one-child policy
di farsi sterilizzare sarà arrestato.]
will be arrested.]
nei confronti dei trasgressori.
against disobeying it.
nelle nostre menti
feeling embarrassed
provando imbarazzo
fossero stati influenzati dalla propaganda
can be influenced by the propaganda,
a compiere sacrifici per il bene superiore
to make sacrifices for the greater good
in qualcosa di oscuro e tragico.
very dark and tragic.
in cui accade tutto questo.
where this happens.
in cui la propaganda non sia presente.
where propaganda isn't present.
più aperte e più libere della Cina
more open and free than China,
individuare la propaganda.
what propaganda looks like.
senza che ce ne rendiamo conto.
without our knowledge.
di accettare la propaganda come la verità
to accepting propaganda as truth,
la propaganda rimpiazza la verità
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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