4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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“One Child Nation,” a documentary about the devastating effects of China’s one-child policy, has been nominated for many awards. But director Nanfu Wang says any film buff who has to rely on Chinese media to follow these competitions wouldn’t even know her film exists -- it's totally banned in China. Wang tells us about making “One Child Nation,” which started as a personal story and grew into something broader.
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0:00.0 | From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. |
0:05.3 | One Child Nation, a documentary about the devastating effects of China's one-child policy, |
0:10.6 | has been nominated for lots of prizes. |
0:12.8 | But director Nan Fu Wang says any film buff who has to rely on Chinese media to follow these competitions |
0:18.5 | wouldn't even know her film exists. |
0:21.5 | Whenever ours was on the list, they would always emit that part. |
0:25.9 | So they would be saying there are seven nominees and these are the six titles. |
0:30.3 | So you won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, but not in China. |
0:33.8 | You didn't. |
0:34.6 | It doesn't exist in China. |
0:37.3 | Long was born in China and remains a citizen of that country, though she now lives in the U.S. |
0:41.7 | Her 2016 documentary about an activist known as Hooligan Sparrow relied on surreptitiously captured footage that was smuggled out of the country. |
0:51.3 | That film shows Wong and her team as authorities harass and threaten them. |
0:55.7 | Watching Hooligan Sparrow, it's surprising Wong was ever let back into China. But she was, |
1:00.7 | and once again, she took on a taboo topic, the forced abortions and child trafficking that happened |
1:06.0 | under China's one-child policy. Wong tells us why this film is so personal to her, and why she refused to cut some brutal images in One Child Policy. Wong tells us why this film is so personal to her and why she refused to cut |
1:12.7 | some brutal images in One Child Nation, even if it meant getting an R rating. But first on the |
1:18.2 | news banter, a potentially disappointing settlement for the many women who brought civil claims |
1:23.1 | against Harvey Weinstein. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. I am joined by my colleague in |
1:34.5 | banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter. Hello, Matt. Hello. So this week, one of the big |
1:39.2 | stories is this potential settlement. This is a civil settlement with Harvey Weinstein involving the many |
1:45.0 | claims against Harvey Weinstein alleged victims of sexual misconduct would potentially benefit, I guess, |
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