Filmmaker Nanfu Wang explores the devastating impacts of China’s one-child policy.

One Child Nation Independent Lens

Premiered March 30, 2020
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One Child Nation

After the birth of her first child, filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to speak with her family and explore the ripple effect of that country's devastating social experiment, the one-child policy. At its core, One Child Nation is a riveting personal story revealing shocking human rights violations and forces us all to reckon with the consequences of blind obedience.

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