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Documentaries like One Child Nation

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The 3 reasons people love One Child Nation

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  1. You want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.

  2. You want to see how a state reaches into every family.

  3. You like a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • For Sama2019

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives

    Good for you if you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.

  • Four Daughters2023

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives

    Good for you if you like a story about mothers and daughters told without hiding the hard parts.

  • The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo2020

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words

    Good for you if you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.

  • The Look of Silence2014

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words

    Good for you if you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.

  • Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult2020

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • you want to see how a state reaches into every family
    • a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives

    Good for you if you want India Oxenberg telling her own story.

  • Five Broken Cameras2011

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives

    Good for you if you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.

  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror2021

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • you want to see how a state reaches into every family

    Good for you if you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.

  • Take Care of Maya2023

    • you want to see how a state reaches into every family
    • a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives

    Good for you if you want to follow a family fighting to get their daughter back.

  • Return2023

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives

    Good for you if you want to see a persecution the news rarely shows.

  • Taxi to the Dark Side2008

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • you want to see how a state reaches into every family

    Good for you if you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.

  • The Edge of Democracy2019

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words
    • you want to see how a state reaches into every family
    • a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives

    Good for you if you like watching who really holds power in a country fall apart in real time.

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