Tập
Frontline: Episode 8
Tóm tắt
Kojo Odo, a 42 year-old single black man, took in his first child a decade ago-a 7 year old boy with his arm missing. No one wanted the youngster. Each of Odo's 21 children came to him with a physical or mental handicap. Frontline looks at the daily life of this remarkable family and Odo's battle to keep the family together.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Frontline
- Mùa
- Mùa 1
- Tập
- Tập 8
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1983-03-07
Thông tin tập
Episode 8 là tập 8 trong Season 1 của Frontline. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1983-03-07.
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