by Perry Seibert
synopsis
Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk's award-winning documentary Lost Boys of Sudan examines what happens when a pair of Sudanese boys, orphaned due to a civil war in their home country, are allowed to live for a year in the United States. Santito and Peter must contend with extreme examples of culture shock, while also figuring out how to negotiate a world that is physically safe but emotionally and intellectually foreign to them. Unlike many documentaries, the film does not employ a voice-over narration.
characteristics
- Sudan
- Refugee
- Civil-war
- Tribal
- Tribe
- Massacre
- Immigrant
- Assimilation
- Escape
- Culture-shock
- Boy
- Starvation
- Racist
- Americanization
- Racism
