If you're anything like me it's hard to imagine what is happening throughout the world unless there is a face attached to a story. One such event is the genocide and poverty in Sudan. It has been in the news a lot in the past few years but I never really understood what was happening there.
That was until I watched God Grew Tired of Us. The film follows some of the Lost Boys of Sudan on their journey from Sudan to Ethiopia then Kenya and finally to the United States. The film was very entertaining at parts, but it's most powerful moments came during the testimonies about their families and the immense longing they had to know their estranged mothers, fathers and siblings. I also appreciated it for the profound and wise commentary that the Sudanese refugees gave on American culture.
Here is a video of one of the main characters of the movie, John Bul Dau being interviewed on a very good Canadian show called The Hour.
Please rent the movie and learn the story of these men.
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