Without the intrusion of voice-overs or interviews, Mylan and Shenk attained a remarkable intimacy with the strapping, earnest, startlingly beautiful teenagers.
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02/19/04
Lost Boys of Sudan (2004)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:43
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: The Lost boys of Sudan works as both a riveting documentary and scathing indictment of colonialism.
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: LOST BOYS OF SUDAN, directed by San Francisco-based documentary filmmakers Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk, observes the experiences and impressions of two boys from Sudan who were brought to the United... [More]
Director: Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk
Reviews for Lost Boys of Sudan
The film is an intimate, uplifting portrait of two men, an educational window on the plight of Africa and its refugees and an inspiration to act in support of refugee resettlement.
02/24/04
It is remarkable how Mylan and Shenk, without voiceovers or other narrative crutches, so flawlessly capture the American experience -- through the eyes of two Sudanese men.
05/13/04
It might help you understand an unfamiliar face walking toward you on the street, and that's a great accomplishment for any film.
07/23/04
The film also doesn't get across the magnitude of the horror unfolding in the Sudan.
07/16/04
Lost Boys of Sudan is an excellent documentary about the struggles of two African youth to adapt to their new life in America.
02/18/04
A fascinating and sobering glimpse into their lives that makes us re-examine our own priorities.
04/23/04
Lost Boys of Sudan is a true strangers-in-a-strange-land story
05/17/04
like a more intimate and tragic version of Balseros
05/17/04
An Oscar-worthy documentary.
02/24/04
Too short by half, Lost Boys of Sudan affords frustratingly little by way of real analysis and history. But it does introduce us to two extraordinary young men whose faith in this country is almost as unbearably sad as their stories.
03/11/04
Top CriticIt's fascinating to watch these two young men start down the same path and end up in such totally different circumstances... also to see our country from their point of view.
04/02/04
Offers an opportunity to see a good movie and learn something about an issue that has received far too little attention in the U.S. press.
07/23/04
Both uplifting and troubling.
02/19/04
Culture shock is hopelessly inadequate to describe the experience of the young subjects of the riveting documentary Lost Boys of Sudan.
08/06/04
A subtle but scathing consideration of American values.
02/25/04
For American viewers, Lost Boys of Sudan not only details a great tragedy a half-a-world away, but also illuminates much that's good and bad about life in our own country.
05/14/04
Yearns to be optimistic (juxtaposed with the disaster of Sudan, it certainly has the right to be), yet that only ends up underscoring its ache of sadness.
03/03/04
The filmmakers deftly capture the boys' depression and triumphs, but something of the American character -- the generosity and the arrogance -- as well.
03/11/04
It's not as illuminating as it could be, but it sheds light just the same.
04/08/04
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