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Bringing him back to my village for the first time
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One Child Nation

Bringing him back to my village for the first time showed mehow traumatic it was just to...

Bringing him back to my village for the first time showed me
how traumatic it was just to become a parent
in China

Full Transcript

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Bringing him back to my village for the first time
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showed me how traumatic it was
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just to become a parent in China.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:44
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Next Generation,ITVS,WDR/Arte,Motto Pictures,Pumpernickel Films,Diamond Docs

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Movie Summary

After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.
Visiting the village kindergarten - One Child Nation 00:09
Visiting the village kindergarten
I used to think that I knew everything - One Child Nation 00:06
I used to think that I knew everything
But now I wondered if the thoughts I had - One Child Nation 00:08
But now I wondered if the thoughts I had
I asked my neighbor to take me - One Child Nation 00:09
I asked my neighbor to take me
He was one of the people my grandpa argued with - One Child Nation 00:06
He was one of the people my grandpa argued with
[IN MANDARIN] - One Child Nation 00:12
[IN MANDARIN]
[IN MANDARIN] - One Child Nation 00:05
[IN MANDARIN]
NANFU: - One Child Nation 00:06
NANFU:
WOMAN [IN MANDARIN]: - One Child Nation 00:04
WOMAN [IN MANDARIN]:
[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN] - One Child Nation 00:10
[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]
NANFU: Men like Liu Xianwen worked all over China - One Child Nation 00:06
NANFU: Men like Liu Xianwen worked all over China
[CYMBALS CLANKING OVER TV] - One Child Nation 00:09
[CYMBALS CLANKING OVER TV]
ALL [CHANTING IN MANDARIN]: - One Child Nation 00:05
ALL [CHANTING IN MANDARIN]:
[IN MANDARIN]: - One Child Nation 00:06
[IN MANDARIN]:
[SINGING IN MANDARIN]: - One Child Nation 00:07
[SINGING IN MANDARIN]:
And just like everyone else, I joined in the choir. - One Child Nation 00:06
And just like everyone else, I joined in the choir.
This was me performing propaganda songs. - One Child Nation 00:05
This was me performing propaganda songs.
We all had the same makeup, the same dresses - One Child Nation 00:07
We all had the same makeup, the same dresses
[CHATTERING IN MANDARIN] - One Child Nation 00:12
[CHATTERING IN MANDARIN]
NANFU [IN MANDARIN]: - One Child Nation 00:13
NANFU [IN MANDARIN]: