A documentary film, Tough Out, shows how ‘left-behind’ children in China are being taught baseball to give them a better life. Photo: Weibo
Film that shows plight of ‘left-behind’ children in China earns plaudits
- The documentary Tough Out follows the efforts of a group of boys as they learn baseball in Beijing and form a team that takes on the United States
- Their struggles highlight the plight of the millions of children left orphaned or whose parents leave them in the countryside as they toil in cities
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Chinese language cinema
A documentary film, Tough Out, shows how ‘left-behind’ children in China are being taught baseball to give them a better life. Photo: Weibo