Independent Lens · SEASON 21
One Child Nation
Episode 12 · 2020-03-20

- Documentary
Episode 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.
60 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. Made in Boise2019-10-28
2. Decade of Fire2019-11-04
3. The Interpreters2019-11-11
4. Conscience Point; Jewel's Hunt2019-11-18
5. ATTLA2019-12-16
6. Accept the Call2020-01-20
7. The First Rainbow Coalition2020-01-27
8. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code2020-02-03
9. Leftover Women2020-02-10
10. We Believe In Dinosaurs2020-02-17
11. Always in Season2020-02-24
12. One Child Nation2020-03-20
13. Bedlam2020-04-13
14. The Hottest August2020-04-20
15. Jim Allison: Breakthrough2020-04-27
16. Rewind2020-05-11
17. Eating Up Easter2020-05-25
18. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project2020-06-15
19. Pipe Dreams2020-06-22