
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they ... (Full plot summary below)
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Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia.
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| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaA subtle but scathing consideration of American values. |
| Arizona RepublicRichard NilsenShot on video, and with the look of a PBS entry, it nevertheless manages to function on several levels -- all of them complex and sophisticated. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordLost Boys of Sudan is a true strangers-in-a-strange-land story |
| Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktThe message of this movie could not be any clearer: America is no heaven on earth. |
| Denver Rocky Mountain NewsRobert DenersteinOffers an opportunity to see a good movie and learn something about an issue that has received far too little attention in the U.S. press. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Cliffordlike a more intimate and tragic version of Balseros |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe plain, reportorial style of Lost Boys -- which simply records its subjects in various settings and situations -- results in a film that doesn't preach, doesn't politicize. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanA touching documentary on the immigrant experience -- or at least one very tough slice of it. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellThis tidy and fascinating documentary follows the plight of two young African refugees transplanted to the U.S. to make a better life. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyA powerful experience, both for the specific hardships of these boys and for the universality of their experience. |