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Nanfu Wang (born 1985) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Her debut film Hooligan Sparrow premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017.
Aug 27, 2019 · Han Zhang writes about how Nanfu Wang, the director of the documentary “One Child Nation,” confronts China’s infamous one-child policy and her own history and upbringing in China.
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Nanfu Wang was born in 1985 in Jiangxi Province, China. She is a director and producer, known for Hooligan Sparrow (2016), One Child Nation (2019) and In the Same Breath (2021).
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Aug 13, 2019 · How filmmaker Nanfu Wang exposed the global repercussions of China’s “one child” policy. The One Child Nation director talks about the risks of her work and the power of propaganda.
Nanfu Wang uncovers untold stories about human rights in China. Why you should listen Nanfu Wang's Peabody Award-winning documentary, Hooligan Sparrow -- which follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan as she faces government surveillance and harassment after advocating for sexually abused schoolgirls -- was shortlisted for a 2017 Academy Award for ...
Aug 17, 2021 · This is what director Nanfu Wang told me during our first interview at Hot Docs 2017, where her sophomore feature, “I Am Another You,” screened. Who could’ve known how prescient her words would prove to be a mere few years later, as the COVID-19 pandemic would fuse with widespread propaganda to create an unprecedented period of ...
Aug 13, 2019 · Director Nanfu Wang, who grew up in rural China, has made a film about the painful, unintended consequences of the Chinese government's one-child rule — including how it affected her own family.
