Doc Corner: 'One Child Nation' is an Oscar Frontrunner
By Glenn Dunks
When introducing One Child Nation at a recent screening at the Sydney Film Festival, co-director Zhang Lynn noted that all of the Chinese crew were of the generation born to the nation’s one child policy. For both Lynn and her directing partner Nanfu Wang, this searing documentary is clearly more than just an examination of their homeland’s shameful history, but a personal exorcism of sorts. A cleansing for themselves and their subjects, many of whom Wang and Zhang force to confront the demons that have haunted them for decades.
With just two films to her credit about China, Wang has become an important name in the documenting of contemporary Chinese society...