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One Child Nation

One Child Nation

2019

Zhang Lynn, Nanfu Wang

Documentary

6.8

955

Documentary In order to expose rampant human-rights abuses, filmmaker Nanfu Wang fearlessly confronted Chinese government agents in her 2016 Sundance Film Festival documentary, Hooligan Sparrow. Her goal in One Child Nation is no less daunting: unmask the tightly held secrets of China’s one-child policy and, in so doing, free the voices of millions irreparably harmed by the practice. For Wang, now a first-time mother, investigating the policy of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A profound and upsetting look at Chinese families across multiple generations (...) A brilliant combination of cultural reporting and interpersonal reckoning"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A startling account of collective trauma (...) this is a powerful indictment of a traumatic social experiment, made all the more startling by the success of the propaganda machine in making people continue to believe it was necessary."	POS
United Kingdom	John Berra Screendaily	"An utterly compelling documentary (...) If it stops short of making an explicit political statement, a series of powerful testimonies leaves a harrowing micro-level impression."	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"It provides a stirring look at a nation (...) Wang does not make any immediate comparisons to America, but the parallels are as obvious as they are significant. "	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Although countless news reports, and no shortage of documentaries, have examined the impact of this hardline population-control strategy over its 35-year span, none has demonstrated quite so compellingly the horrific consequences"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"Documentary on China’s single-child policy starts as a personal statement — and ends as a devastating indictment of a country’s complicity (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"A powerful, painful look at impact of China’s one-child policy"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The history the filmmakers excavate is complex and the personal stories are often brutal (...) It’s ghastly, and while you may want to look away, Wang and Zhang keep you watching."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Powerful and upsetting (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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