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201477 min0documentary

6.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Social Inequality Migration

Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing

201477 min0documentary

6.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

A widowed Tibetan farmer flees to Beijing after her in-laws deny her son the chance to attend school, becoming a street vendor to support them.

Social Inequality Migration

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A widowed Tibetan farmer flees to Beijing after her in-laws deny her son the chance to attend school, becoming a street vendor to support them.

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Jocelyn Forddirector

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Zanta, a 28-year-old widowed farmer, leaves her village in Tibet for Beijing after her in-laws deny her son the chance to attend school. In the city, she becomes a street vendor, struggling to make ends meet. Zanta persuades an American customer to help fund her son's education. However, during a visit back home, her in-laws retaliate by taking her son hostage. Zanta and the American woman must confront the violent family conflict to secure a future for her child.

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