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2000s · United States · documentary

Lost Boys of Sudan (2003)

Directed by Jon Shenk with Megan Mylan · 1 h 27 min

Year
2003
Running time
1 h 27 min
Countries
United States
Languages
English

About the film

Lost Boys of Sudan is a documentary film by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk about two Dinka boys from Sudan, Santino Majok Chuor and Peter Nyarol Dut, who reached the United States after fleeing the civil war in their country. "Orphaned as young boys" in the Second Sudanese Civil War they "survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children."

From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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