Mar 19, 2017
92 min
Full-HD

Waiting for the Sun (2017)

In China more people are on death row than the rest of the world combined. The children of the convicts are often left alone, stigmatized and living in the streets. Grandma Zhang, as the kids call her, is a former prison guard who has founded an orphanage in Nanzhao.

Category

Documentary

Country

Denmark China

Companies

Good Company Pictures

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