Part of Curators’ Choice 2021
Sunday, January 2, 2022, 3:15 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

Dir. Wang Qiong. China. 2021, 175 mins. In Mandarin with English subtitles. In her debut film, director Qiong Wang builds a riveting portrait of her family reckoning with the lasting impact of China's one-child policy. After giving birth to two daughters, Qiong's parents were desperate for a boy. When they learned that they were pregnant with a third daughter, the couple embarked on a path that would affect their family for generations to come. Filming for more than seven years, Ms. Wang courageously investigates her family's shocking history. Intimate, powerful interviews with the filmmaker’s parents and siblings and a keen eye for detail create a never-before-seen view of the one-child policy at its peak and the echoes that still haunt a family and their community today. An Icarus Films release.