Independent Lens

Season 21, Episode 12

Episode Title: One Child Nation

Air Date: 2020-03-20

Overview:

After the birth of her first child, filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to speak with her family and explore the ripple effect of that country's devastating social experiment, the one-child policy. At its core, One Child Nation is a riveting personal story revealing shocking human rights violations and forces us all to reckon with the consequences of blind obedience.