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God Grew Tired of Us (2006)

God Grew Tired of Us poster
Directed by
Christopher Dillon Quinn
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows three young men from Sudan known as the Lost Boys. It shows their journey from refugee camps to starting new lives in the United States.

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What happens

God Grew Tired of Us is a 2006 American documentary film about three of the "Lost Boys of Sudan", a group of some 25,000 young men who have fled the wars in Sudan since the 1980s, and their experiences as they move to the United States. The film was written and directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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