God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan


God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan
After the genocide in the Sudan, four young men make the trip to America seeking a better life. Their arrival induces complete culture shock in them, as first-world America is comletely different to their third-world life back home. Over the course of the next four years, they slowly adjust to the new culture. This documentary tracks those changes.

89 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Documentary.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Not even in America and already at the back of the queue...
Not even in America and already at the back of the queue...

Credits

Cast
Panther Bior, John Bul Dau, Daniel Abol Pach. Narrated by Nicole Kidman
Director
Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker
ScreenplayChristopher Dillon Quinn
MusicJamie Saft
CinematographyPaul Daley, Bunt Young
EditingJohanna Giebelhaus, Geoffrey Richman
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in2006
Produced byLost Boys of Sudan, National Geographic FIlms, Silver Nitrate Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDocumentary
LanguageNo bad language
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceInfrequent and mild
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsThe theme of this movie is that of thousands of children rendered homeless that fled 1000 miles during the genocide in Sudan. It is rather a mature theme, and there are some images of starving children, and dead children, soldiers in the war that may disturb children. These are brief and infrequent, however.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith
15
Die Burger
Jacques Liebenberg
10
Cape Times
Michael Phillips
10
The Citizen
Natalie Bosman quote iconIn highlighting the gains, but perhaps more interestingly the losses, God Grew Tired Of Us is a humbling trip for the viewer. It provides insight into the situation in Sudan from the highly personal, emotional viewpoint of the people affected on ground level seldom taken on by the media.
14
Metacritic.com
25 critics
14
Rottentomatoes critics
66 critics
15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconA poignant account of the determination of the human spirit.
18

What the People say

Internet
533 Netizens quote iconinspiring, funny, charming, educational, depressing...
16

Average .. 70%

14




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