Witness - On a Tightrope - Part 1

Look at the struggle of four children living in an orphanage in China's Xinjiang province and their dream of becoming champion tightrope walkers, an ancient Uighur tradition. Like all Uighurs, they are forced to walk on a metaphorical tightrope: trying to balance between Islam and a Communist China that rules Xinjiang with an iron fist, restricting their religion.