Lost Boys of Sudan
Closed CaptioningJon Shenk & Megan Mylan
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Plot Summary
Orphaned as boys by Sudan's civil war, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and gunfire to reach a Kenyan refugee camp with thousands of other children. After a decade in the camp, they come to America. LOST BOYS OF SUDAN follows them from Africa through their first year in the United States as they are confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary America. A PBS Indies/Independent Lens selection.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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96%- Reviews Counted: 45
- Fresh: 43
- Rotten: 2
- Average Rating: 7.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Yearns to be optimistic (juxtaposed with the disaster of Sudan, it certainly has the right to be), yet that only ends up underscoring its ache of sadness.
Fresh: A potent, engrossing look at several young refugees from Sudan's disastrous, endless civil war who've been relocated to the U.S.
Fresh: Too short by half, Lost Boys of Sudan affords frustratingly little by way of real analysis and history. But it does introduce us to two extraordinary young men whose faith in this country is almost as unbearably sad as their stories.
Fresh: It is remarkable how Mylan and Shenk, without voiceovers or other narrative crutches, so flawlessly capture the American experience -- through the eyes of two Sudanese men.
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