In 1987, Sudan’s Muslim government pronounced death to all males in the Christian south: 27,000 boys fled to Ethiopia on foot. In 1991, they were forced to flee to Kenya; 12,000 survived to live in a U.N. camp in Kakuma. Archival footage documents the 1,000 mile flight; we see life in the camp.
We follow three young men who repatriate to the U.S. John Bul Dau goes to Syracuse, and by the film’s end, becomes a spokesperson for the Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan; Daniel Abol Pach and Panther Bior go to Pittsburgh. All work several jobs, send money back to the camp, search for relatives lost in the civil war, acclimatize to the U.S., seek an education, and miss their homeland.
April 29, 2011 at 7:15 am | W7ndsurfing
I haven’t seen this documentary because it seems like it would be too heartbreaking to watch. I’m guessing that’s why some people shy away from the Sudan situation.
April 29, 2011 at 7:15 am | W7ndsurfing
I haven’t seen this documentary because it seems like it would be too heartbreaking to watch. I’m guessing that’s why some people shy away from the Sudan situation.
June 27, 2011 at 10:05 pm | ..
I’m Sudanese and watching this is just depressing. I know live in Ireland with my family because that shit was just inhuman
February 9, 2012 at 3:14 pm | Rra221
I think it should be required viewing in american middle and high schools to educate our children about how things are in other parts of the world and remind them about the freedoms they take for granted.
May 6, 2012 at 7:42 am | Godinn
It disturbs me that every comment above me is ma.ufactured. The UN doesn’t give a shit about anyone. The Sudanese did not commit genocide (although I would understand wanting to get rid of Christians, Muslims, or anyone of “faith “) and the UN certainly didn’t try to help anyone. Before you shit on me understand, I fought in the gulf war Somalia and Bosnia. The UN was not there to help. They were there to try to usurp control in a region they had just destabilized. Its a lie. All of it.