Daniel Abul Pach, John Dau, Nicole Kidman
Orphaned by a tumultuous civil war and traveling barefoot across the sub-Saharan desert, John Bul Dau, Daniel Abol Pach and Panther Blor were among the 25,000 "Lost Boys" (ages 3 to 13) who fled villa...( read more
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Directed by: Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker
Release Date: December 31, 2006
DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007
Stats: 563 reviews
A Great Film, Having spent most of my life outside the United States, I could somwhat relate to how these guys felt. I remember having been outside the US for 9 years and coming back and going to a grocery store (Publix) and seeing all the choices. To many people here in the Us d...( read more)
This was an excellent documentary. The footage of the lost boys making their way to refugee camps along with their stories, in their own words, was devastating. It really makes you think how much we, as an industrialized nation, have and take for granted and don't even think abou...( read more)
Great documentary of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Touching and emotional as well as moving. The story is catching and keeps you intriguied throughout the entire movie.
The film started with the typical story parroted over and over again in Western media that these people's plight is due to a ?genocide against Blacks? or alternately as an ?Islamic holy-war? against Christians. This film does not challenge those assertions, though there is much m...( read more)
Wow...those guys are very brave. This follows a few of the Lost Boys of Sudan when they move to America and experience things like electricity, running water, and grocery stores for the first time ever. They have to get used to the culture, and sometimes it's difficult.
A touching documentary that follows three of the Lost Boys of Sudan as they move to the United States to pursue education and work so they can provide for their families back home, misplaced by a decades-long civil war. The most remarkable moments show the men as they are taught ...( read more)
The fascination lies in their discovery of America. In it they let us see "us" with an outsiders view. The result was dichotomous. America, the land of possibility. America, the land of crippling consumerism.
Not as good, nor as complex, as The Lost Boys, but that doesn't make the story of mass annihilation, sprawling refugee camps, the generosity of Americans, and the resilience of a handful of Sudanese s... full review
A documentary to make you proud of what America offers to the rest of the world and worried that it can't keep its promises. full review
Two unimaginable journeys become more than imaginable in God Grew Tired Of Us, a documentary by Christopher Quinn and Tommy Walker -- the movie makes them vivid and memorable. This is a film that adds... full review
There are surprising comic elements to this well-drawn and involving portrait of a group of 'Lost Boys,' the term for the thousands of Christian Sudanese refugees who were chased out of that country b... full review
By focusing on these hardworking and eloquent young men, the film brings into clear light the indefatigability of the human spirit. full review
It's a portrait of both suffering and success, and one that the directors refuse to gussy up in overly sentimental or derisive ways. full review
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