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“ENGROSSING!”
– Ernest Hardy, LA WEEKLY
“An extremely telling documentary about American life, told with drama
and humor.”
– Wendy Mitchell, indieWIRE
Produced
& Directed by
Megan Mylan & Jon Shenk
USA, 2003
87 MINUTES
IN ENGLISH AND DINKA, ARABIC & SWAHILI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Shadow Distribution
Filmsource information
Children orphaned by Sudan’s 20-year civil war lived for years in mud huts in a Kenyan refugee camp, eating one meal a day. LOST BOYS OF SUDAN follows the stories of two such young men who were brought to the U.S. and resettled throughout the country. The filmmakers hone in on Peter and Santino as they make the transition from the African plains to the cities of Houston and Kansas City: they are amazed by the abundance of food (“We eat 24 hours a day and we still have food left!”); taken aback by racism ("I’m so black compared to the black people who live here”); saddened by the American ethos of rugged individualism; and made to feel guilty by relatives telephoning from Africa who cannot understand why they don’t send more money. The most telling analyses of America are, inevitably, the work of outsiders. LOST BOYS OF SUDAN says a great deal about the reality of Africa today, but even more about us.
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