Waiting for the Sun
2017 · 92 min · ★ 6.2 · Documentary
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.
Directed by Kaspar Astrup Schröder
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