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Nanfu: It was easy for me
to imagine what those first few years
of separation from her home must have felt like for Rosa. (traffic rushing) I left China in 2011, not out of fear for my safety
like Rosa and her family, but I did share their view
of the U.S. as a place
where people live freely. Even though I left China
by choice, it will always be my home, a part of my identity
I would never want to change. My films have been banned
in China. The possibility that one day
I could be cut off from everything
that made me who I am is painful to think about. (siren wailing)
to imagine what those first few years
of separation from her home must have felt like for Rosa. (traffic rushing) I left China in 2011, not out of fear for my safety
like Rosa and her family, but I did share their view
of the U.S. as a place
where people live freely. Even though I left China
by choice, it will always be my home, a part of my identity
I would never want to change. My films have been banned
in China. The possibility that one day
I could be cut off from everything
that made me who I am is painful to think about. (siren wailing)
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Nanfu: It was easy for me
to imagine
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what those first few years
of separation from her home
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must have felt like for Rosa.
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(traffic rushing)
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I left China in 2011,
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not out of fear for my safety
like Rosa and her family,
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but I did share their view
of the U.S.
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as a place
where people live freely.
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Even though I left China
by choice,
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it will always be my home,
00:00:29.236 --> 00:00:32.099
a part of my identity
I would never want to change.
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My films have been banned
in China.
00:00:36.285 --> 00:00:39.621
The possibility that one day
I could be cut off
00:00:39.622 --> 00:00:42.029
from everything
that made me who I am
00:00:42.291 --> 00:00:44.003
is painful to think about.
00:00:45.021 --> 00:00:48.589
(siren wailing)
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Movie Summary
For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang followed Rosa Maria Paya, daughter of the five time Nobel Peace Prize nominated activist, Oswaldo Paya, in Rosa's fight for democracy.
