Arrested at 16 and tried as an adult for kidnapping and robbery, Eddy Zheng served over 20 years in California prisons and jails. Ben Wang’s BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY paints an intimate portrait of Eddy—the prisoner, the immigrant, the son, the activist—on his journey to freedom,...
These newcomers to America were held anywhere from a few weeks to several months or even years, and some carved their stories - and documented their harsh treatment - into the wooden walls of their detention barracks.