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One child nation /

Chinese filmmakers Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang explore the gruesome truths and unintended consequences of China's strict One-Child Policy to curb the country's population. Interviews with officials and the co-directors' own families tell the story of the country's mass steriliza...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Culver City, CA ] : Amazon Studios, 2019.
Subjects:
Family planning > Government policy > China.
Family size > Government policy > Social aspects > China.
Birth control > Government policy > China > History > 20th century.
China > Population policy > Social aspects.
Planification familiale > Politique gouvernementale > Chine.
Familles > Dimension > Politique gouvernementale > Aspect social > Chine.
Régulation des naissances > Politique gouvernementale > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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Summary:Chinese filmmakers Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang explore the gruesome truths and unintended consequences of China's strict One-Child Policy to curb the country's population. Interviews with officials and the co-directors' own families tell the story of the country's mass sterilizations and abortions, forced adoptions, human trafficking and other horrors accepted for the "common good."
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (88 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Music by Nathan Halpern, Chris Ruggiero ; cinematography by Nanfu Wang, Yuanchen Liu ; produced by Christoph J:org, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn.