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One Child Nation

One Child Nation

The truth beyond the propaganda.

2019•1h 28m•7.2/10
Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.2/10(162)

Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.

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Production

Next Generation, ITVS, WDR/Arte, Motto Pictures, Pumpernickel Films, Diamond Docs

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Nanfu Wang

Nanfu Wang

Self

Jiaoming Pang

Self

Brian Stuy

Self

Longlan Stuy

Self

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