| | | Winner - Deauville Film Festival.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, Subtitled
An award-winning, critically acclaimed documentary, narrated by Nicole Kidman, God Grew Tired of Us explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland due to a tumultuous civil war. Traveling barefoot across the sub-Saharan desert, John Bul Dau, Daniel Abol Pach and Panther Blor were among the 25,000 "Lost Boys" (ages 3 to 13) who fled villages, formed surrogate families and sought refuge from famine, disease, wild animals and attacks from rebel soldiers. Named by a journalist after Peter Pan's posse of orphans who protected and provided for each other, the "Lost Boys" traveled together for five years and against all odds crossed into the UN's refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. A journey's end for some, it was only the beginning for John, Daniel and Panther, who along with 3,800 other young survivors, were selected to re-settle in the United States. The documentary chronicles their triumph over seemingly insurmountable adversities and a relocation to America, where the "Lost Boys" build active and fulfilling new lives but remain deeply committed to helping friends and family they have left behind. The film is produced by Brad Pitt and Dermot Mulroney.
"...an unexpectedly funny, trenchant fish-out-of-water-eye-view of American life." Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
"A moving documentary that informs, entertains and inspires." Claudia Puig, USA Today
"An incredibly powerful story of renewal, commitment and the resiliency of the human spirit..." James Greenberg, The Hollywood Reporter
"Visually stunning and contextually provocative...one of the most beautiful documentaries I've ever seen." Mark Bell, Film Threat
"Touching and insightful." Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
Editor's Note
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: TO BE ANNOUNCEDJohn, Daniel, and Panther are three young men who have grown up in Kenya's Kakuna refugee camp after their families were evacuated from Sudan at the height of the country's civil war. The U.S. government has given the boys a chance to start a new life in America, and this film follows them as they get jobs, try to adjust to the enormous cultural differences, and miss their friends and family back home. GOD GREW TIRED OF US won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
| Features | Audio Commentary With Director Christopher Quinn & The 3 "Lost Boys" | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Featurettes: Finding The Lost Boys & Take Action | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 11/24/2009 |
| Running Time: 89 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 19899 | | UPC: 00043396198999 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (2006) | | | Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Dillon Quinn, Audience Award - Documentary | | | Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Dillon Quinn, Grand Jury Prize - Documentary |
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"What's notable about these brave young men is that, no matter how far their former life recedes into memory, their desire to bring loved ones to America never fades." 11/01/2006 p.116New York Times
"[A] sober, uplifting documentary....You are won over by the charm, good manners and nobility of its three subjects." 01/12/2007 p.E8 Variety 7 of 10
The male refugees of war torn east Africa were the subject of 2003's "The Lost Boys of Sudan" and are revisited -- thankfully -- in "God Grew Tired of Us," Christopher Quinn's portrait of three young Sudanese men and their adjustment to life in the United States. Although shot over a longer period of time than "Lost Boys," "God Grew Tired" is a softer, less complex version of essentially the same story, far less troubling in its explorations and implications than "The Lost Boys"...Quinn's is a gorgeous looking film, briskly paced and well-edited, perhaps too well-edited. It doesn't give one a sense of spontaneous difficulty or of the harsh realities these men must have faced, moving uneasily into mainstream America...What we don't get is a sense of what it's really like being black Africans in suspicious white enclaves, even if Quinn reports on some instances of overreaction on the part of the whites, and the occasional meltdown among their new neighbors. - John Anderson
Reel.com 10 of 10
When they were children, civil war in Sudan forced John Bul Dau, Daniel Abol Pach, and Panther Bior to run for their lives. They became part of the "Lost Boys"--kids orphaned or otherwise separated from their families--who made their way to a Kenyan refugee camp on foot, forming surrogate families along the way. After years in the camp, the three took part in a mass exodus to the United States to begin new lives. Filmmakers Christopher Quinn and Tommy Walker were on hand for that journey, and their moving documentary God Grew Tired of Us follows the tale of survival, while turning a spotlight on the ongoing problems back in Sudan...The three men profiled in this insightful documentary are unforgettable, and so is the film. Sudan has been much in the news. God Grew Tired of Us personalizes it and puts a human face on the catastrophe. - Pam Grady
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