God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan (2006)

Directors:

Christopher Dillon Quinn
Tommy Walker (co-director)

Writer:

Christopher Dillon Quinn (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety.

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Panther Bior	...	Himself
John Bul Dau	...	Himself
Nicole Kidman	...	Narrator
Daniel Abol Pach	...	Himself

Directed by
Christopher Dillon Quinn		(as Christopher Quinn)
Tommy Walker		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christopher Dillon Quinn		writer

Produced by
Molly Bradford	....	producer
Peter Gilbert	....	executive producer
Eric Gilliland	....	co-producer
Catherine Keener	....	co-producer
Dermot Mulroney	....	associate producer
Brad Pitt	....	executive producer
Christopher Dillon Quinn	....	producer (as Christopher Quinn)
Steven Rosenbaum	....	executive producer
Adam Schlesinger	....	executive producer
Jack Schneider	....	executive producer
Tommy Walker	....	producer

Original Music by
Jamie Saft

Cinematography by
Paul Daley
Paul Daley
Bunt Young

Film Editing by
Johanna Giebelhaus
Geoffrey Richman

Sound Department
Ron Bochar	....	sound editor
Paul Hsu	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicholas Renbeck	....	supervising sound editor
Serge Stanley	....	sound editor
Alexa Zimmerman	....	sound editor

Editorial Department
Will Cox	....	colorist
Will Cox	....	on-line editor
Kimberly Holbrook	....	assistant editor
Julie Bob Lombardi	....	additional editor
Tom Patterson	....	additional editor
Erica Scharf	....	assistant editor
Lance Spindler	....	color timer

Music Department
Gary Calamar	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Carl Deal	....	archival research and clearances
Michael J. Linowes	....	legal counsel
Jessica Ponte	....	office coordinator: National Geographic Entertainment

Production Companies

• Lost Boys of Sudan
• National Geographic Films
• Silver Nitrate Pictures

Distributors

• National Geographic Films (2007) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Newmarket Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Media 8 Entertainment (2007) (non-USA) (all media)
• Versus Entertainment (2007) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• C5  post-production sound services
• Soundtrack  sound mix facility

Also Known As:

God Grew Tired of Us (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

High Point, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Lost Boys of Sudan

Quotes:

John Bul Dau: It was as if the last day, as people say in the Bible, that there will be a last day, that Jesus Christ will come, and whatever on Earth will be judged. That was my imagination. I though that God felt tired of people on earth here, felt tired of the bad deeds, the bad thing that we are doing, yet God is watching on us. I thought God got tired of us and he want to finish us. When I think of it back...

Sundance winner touches your heart

Lost your job? House in foreclosure? Wife/husband left? None of these things can come close to what happened to thousands of young boys in Sudan after the Muslim North started to eliminate the Christian South.

Darfur is not an imaginary place. It is where millions have been killed and raped and driven from their homes in the interests of oil and minerals.

Children see their parents killed before them and their whole families wiped out. They are really too young to understand what is happening, but it will come back to haunt them later.

Thousands of young boys from 5-13 marched a thousand miles, mostly without food and water to escape. The 13-year-olds had to lead and bury the dead. Imagine burying your friends at 13.

12,000 finally settled in a camp where they were basically just awaiting death. After 10 years, some of the boys got a chance to go the the U.S. This is their story. Imagine Africans transported to New York and Pennsylvania and other places without the basic knowledge of how to turn a light on and off, or how to use a shower. Imagine their astonishment on their first trip to a supermarket.

We follow three of these men as they settle in, get jobs to help their families and friends back in Africa and to repay the U.S. for their care until they got work visas. It is touching, funny at times, and a sad reminder that this war is still going on and nothing is being done.

Anytime you feel sad about your life, just pop this in the DVD player.