Waiting for the Sun

Waiting for the Sun (2017)

March 19th, 20171h 32min

Documentary
62%

Overview

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.


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