One Child Nation
2019 · Movie · 88 min · ★ 7.2 · 92% critics
This documentary examines the human impact of China's one-child policy through personal testimony and firsthand accounts. Framed by a new parent's search for answers, it explores how a state-driven social experiment shaped family life, public pressure, and lasting trauma.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-03-29
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (170 votes)
About
If you value documentaries that mix personal perspective with hard history, this is a powerful, unsettling watch in the vein of In the Same Breath; Not for you if you prefer lighter viewing or a more even-handed overview.
Pros: eye-opening history; deeply affecting stories; urgent, important subject | Cons: very bleak tone; feels one-sided; limited wider context
Themes
- woman director
- people's republic of china
- 计划生育
- 一胎
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize — Best Documentary · 2019
Cast & crew
Nanfu Wang
as Self
- JP
Jiaoming Pang
as Self
- BS
Brian Stuy
as Self
- LS
Longlan Stuy
as Self
Directed by Nanfu Wang, Zhang Jialing