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Nanfu Wang Quotes

born 1985 China

Nanfu Wang (Chinese: 王男栿) (born 1985) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Her debut film Hooligan Sparrow premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017.

China
Film directors

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The most repressed countries often produce some of the most amazing films. I think that it will push people to find a way to express their ideas in new ways.

We all like to believe that our world has clear heroes and villains and that the heroes are going to save us after all, but that’s not the reality.

I think empathy is not learned. Maybe I’m wrong, but in my experience it’s not.

During filming, it never occurred to me that I was going to be a part of either film. I was always trying to cut my voice out by having subjects include my question in their answers.

I’m pretty pessimistic about the Chinese government because I think there is no balance within it or any institution, country or organization that can hold it accountable. So, I don’t know what the future will be.

I think the first step of any change comes from the people who live in China. And that's why I think the most important impact I hope that documentaries would have is to change people's perception. Because personally, I experienced how I have learned so much, and unlearned so much, about what I was taught growing up about China.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nanfu Wang (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.