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Lost boys of the Sudan
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Lost boys of the Sudan

Author: John Bul Dau; Zinta Konrad; Marco Benassi; College of DuPage. Multimedia Services.
Publisher: Glen Ellyn, IL : College of DuPage, 2008.
Series: College lecture series (College of DuPage), 2008 (March)
Edition/Format:   DVD video : English
Summary:
John Bul Dau was one of the "lost boys of the Sudan" featured in Christopher Quinn's Sundance award-winning documentary, God Grew Tired of Us (2006). In the late 1980s, 27,000 Sudanese "lost boys" marched barefoot for thousands of miles seeking safety from the brutal civil war that raged in the Sudan. Half died from bombing raids and starvation; others sought safe haven in Kenya's Kakuna refugee camp. Recently, the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: John Bul Dau
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: John Bul Dau; Zinta Konrad; Marco Benassi; College of DuPage. Multimedia Services.
OCLC Number: 232548090
Notes: Title from disc surface.
Recorded by College of DuPage Multimedia Services.
Performer(s): Host: Zinta Konrad ; moderator: Marco Benassi ; lecturer: John Bul Dau.
Production notes: Recorded at the McAninch Arts Center, Mainstage, College of DuPage on March 13, 2008.
Description: 1 videodisc (1 hr., 57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD.
Series Title: College lecture series (College of DuPage), 2008 (March)
Other Titles: God grew tired of us (Motion picture)
Responsibility: John Bul Dau.

Abstract:

John Bul Dau was one of the "lost boys of the Sudan" featured in Christopher Quinn's Sundance award-winning documentary, God Grew Tired of Us (2006). In the late 1980s, 27,000 Sudanese "lost boys" marched barefoot for thousands of miles seeking safety from the brutal civil war that raged in the Sudan. Half died from bombing raids and starvation; others sought safe haven in Kenya's Kakuna refugee camp. Recently, the United States opened its borders to some of the "lost boys". Dau speaks about the film that documents the journey of these courageous individuals. Sam, a student at the College of DuPage and one of the lost boys, also spoke.

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