Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
Nanfu Wang: Kako je bilo odraščati pod kitajsko politiko enega otroka
Nanfu Wang uncovers untold stories about human rights in China. Full bio
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da bo dobila fantka,
to be the pillar of the family.
its one-child policy.
oznanila politiko enega otroka.
and ordered my mom to be sterilized.
in ukazali mami, naj se sterilizira.
to carry on the family name.
ki bi nadaljeval družinsko ime.
to have a second child,
da imajo drugega otroka,
from one-child families.
for having two children.
z dvema otrokoma storila nekaj narobe.
and guilt came from.
I had my own first child.
svojega prvega otroka.
that ever happened in my life.
ki se mi je v zgodila v življenju.
on my own childhood,
na lastno otroštvo
my memories of early life in China.
na otroštvo na Kitajskem.
for a permission from the government
zaprositi vlado za dovoljenje,
who lived under the one-child policy.
ki so živeli pod politiko enega otroka.
a documentary about it.
o tem narediti dokumentarec.
all of the babies born in my village,
pri vseh porodih v moji vasi,
when I interviewed her.
je bila stara 84 let.
you delivered throughout your career?"
ste pomagali roditi v svoji karieri?"
and sterilizations.
would survive an abortion,
trimesečju splav preživel
after delivering it.
of perpetrators and victims.
zgodba o storilcih in žrtvah.
with the consequences.
my interview with the midwife,
with elaborate homemade flags.
doma izdelanimi zastavami.
of a baby on it.
that were sent by families
ki so jih poslale družine,
their infertility problems.
pri zdravljenju neplodnosti.
and sterilizations --
was to help families have babies.
pomoč družinam imeti otroke.
families have babies,
ko pomaga družinam pri zanositvi,
what she did in the past.
kar je storila v preteklosti.
she, too, was a victim of the policy.
da je bila tudi ona žrtev te politike.
and necessary for China's survival.
in nujno za preživetje Kitajske.
was right for her country.
da je prav za njeno državo.
around myself when I grew up.
je bilo vse okrog mene.
the one-child policy
politiko enega otroka,
will be arrested.]
sterilizaciji, bo aretiran.]
against disobeying it.
če ne bi ubogali.
feeling embarrassed
med odraščanjem sram,
can be influenced by the propaganda,
na njihov um in srce vplivala propaganda,
to make sacrifices for the greater good
v žrtvovanje za skupno dobro
very dark and tragic.
v nekaj zelo temnega in tragičnega.
where this happens.
where propaganda isn't present.
kjer propaganda ne bi bila prisotna.
more open and free than China,
bolj svobodne in odprte kot Kitajska,
what propaganda looks like.
kako propaganda izgleda.
without our knowledge.
to accepting propaganda as truth,
da sprejme propagando kot resnico,
replaces the truth
kjer propaganda zamenja resnico,
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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