Lost Boys of Sudan (film)
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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."
The documentary's title “Lost Boys of Sudan” was originally the name given to the group of Southern Sudanese youth by United Nations
aid workers who were monitoring their flight from Sudan.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by Megan Mylan
Megan Mylan
Megan Mylan is an American documentary film director, known for her films Lost Boys of Sudan and the 2008 Academy Award-winning Smile Pinki....
and Jon Shenk about two Dinka
Dinka
The Dinka is an ethnic group inhabiting the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei and parts of southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions. They are mainly agro-pastoral people, relying on cattle herding at riverside camps in the dry season and growing millet and other varieties of grains ...
boys from Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
, Santino Majok Chuor and Peter Nyarol Dut, who reached the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
after fleeing the civil war in their country. "Orphaned as young boys" in the Second Sudanese Civil War
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, although it was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated in southern Sudan, the civil war spread to the Nuba mountains and Blue Nile by the end of the 1980s....
they "survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
along with thousands of other children."
The documentary's title “Lost Boys of Sudan” was originally the name given to the group of Southern Sudanese youth by United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
aid workers who were monitoring their flight from Sudan.