Mar 29, 2019
88 min
Full-HD

One Child Nation (2019)

Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.

Category

Documentary

Country

France Germany United States of America

Companies

Next Generation ITVS WDR/Arte Motto Pictures Pumpernickel Films Diamond Docs

Nanfu Wang

Self

Jiaoming Pang

Self

Brian Stuy

Self

Longlan Stuy

Self

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