Excellent!
Added 12/6/2009
Excellent documentary. I would hope it is made available to every elementary and high school in the Nation. I have no doubt it would touch the hearts of many students and help them realize how good they have it, not to take anything for granted, and perhaps incite compassion, even action!
Thank you for letting me share my opinion.
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This will warm your heart
Added 11/24/2009
The title is misleading. You may think this documentary will bring you down. It will uplift you as you see how some young African men in a horrible situation after a war in their own country find help and hope here in the U.S.
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I guarantee this movie will touch your heart!!!
Added 7/14/2009
I was introduced to this documentary in a college class and I've watched it 3x since then. Each time I watch it I see something else in the story I missed the first time.
This story will shock you, make you cry, make you laugh and mostly (I hope) move you to action. It's the story about the Sudanese (Lost)boys who walked thousands of miles to Kenya because in the early 1980's there was an order by the government to kill all boys no matter what their age. These 1000's of boys walked with the shirt (and sometimes no shirt) on their back, barefoot, starving, emanicipated and emotionally wiped out to a Kenya refugee camp. The things they experienced and witnessed are hard to imagine. It's a story where their is proof that suffering really brings strength to a person's spirit.
The docementary focuses on 3 of them (Panther, John & Daniel) who get selected to go to the USA after spending 15 years in the refugee camp. It's their story of struggles, their adaptation to American culture and their hopes and dreams. They are truly inspirational.
I guarantee this story will touch your heart!
Thank you to the producers of this story for bringing the complete atrocity of Sudan to the light!
Today, Sudan's president has been accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. I can't help but think this documentary aided in getting the publicity of this injustice!
Watch the movie...it will change you (for the good) forever!
If you are a professor teaching a multicultural or international cultures class, this documentary would fit into your curriculm easily. It examines the culture of the Sudanese and then explores the culture of America from the perspective of the Sudanese culture.
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God Grew Tired of Us
Added 6/26/2009
Wonderful heartfelt documentary, presenting the unique perspective of Sudanese immigrant refugees and their transition to American life and culture. Thought-provoking.
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Good Book!
Added 4/24/2009
This a book about heartache and hope. To know what he went through as a child breaks your heart. But by the end of the story you find hope for these boys. My husband and I had the pleasure of hearing him speak at a college near us. I would recommend the book and to see him in person if he is in your area.
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