Lost Boys of Sudan (film)
Appearance
Lost Boys of Sudan | |
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Directed by | Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk |
Produced by | Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk |
Cinematography | Jon Shenk |
Edited by | Mark Becker Kim Roberts |
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Running time | 87 min. |
Language | English |
Lost Boys of Sudan is a documentary film by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk about two Dinka boys from Sudan, Santino Majok Chuor and Peter Nyarol Dut, who reached the United States after fleeing the civil war in their country. "Orphaned as young boys" in the Second Sudanese Civil War they "survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children."[1]
The documentary's title “Lost Boys of Sudan” was originally the name given to the group of Southern Sudanese youth by United Nations aid workers who were monitoring their flight from Sudan.[2]
Plot
[edit]A family in Sudan become refugees.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lost Boys of Sudan :: About The Film". Lostboysfilm.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ^ "Lost Boys of Sudan :: Learn / Teach". Lostboysfilm.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
External links
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Categories:
- 2003 films
- Lost Boys of Sudan
- Films set in South Sudan
- Arabic-language films
- Swahili-language films
- Dinka-language films
- POV (TV series) films
- Documentary films about child refugees
- American documentary films
- 2003 documentary films
- Documentary films about Sudan
- Films shot in Houston
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s American films
- English-language documentary films
- War documentary film stubs