Interesting Times: The Secret of My Success is a 2002 Chinese documentary film by director Duan Jinchuan about China's contemporary politics of democracy and the realities of the one child policy. The director shows how this policy is being implemented in Fanshen, a rural village in Northeast China. The film is part of the series, called Interesting Times, which shows different aspects of modern life in China. The other films in the series are: The War of Love (dir. Duan Jinhuan and Jiang Yue), Xiao's Long March (dir. Wu Gong AKA Kang Jianning), and This Happy Life (dir. Jiang Yue). The documentary aired on TV in a shortened version with English narration (59 min.), but a longer version (71 min.) screened at some international festivals.
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