God Grew Tired of Us

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War Documentary hosted by Nicole Kidman and published by National Geographic in 2005 - English narration

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Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, God Grew Tired of Us explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who leave their homeland, triumph over seemingly insurmountable adversities and move to America, where they build active and fulfilling new lives but remain deeply committed to helping the friends and family they have left behind.

Orphaned by a tumultuous civil war and 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.

From the trans-Atlantic flights that take them to America - an eye-opening experience for young men who had never been on an airplane - to a supermarket visit in Pittsburgh where they encounter an endless bounty of food, to the painstaking efforts that each one makes to find family members back in Africa, the cameras observe three resilient young men in a complex and confusing western world.

However, John, Daniel and Panther are able to make a home wherever they find themselves and, in the process, illuminate all that has been gained and much that has been lost in the continuing immigrant experience of coming to America.


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  • Total Size MB ......: 1,492.85 MB
  • Length ...............: 01:29:28
  • Video
  • Codec Name ........: XviD
  • Bitrate ................: 2108 KB/s
  • Resolution ...........: 704 x 368
  • Aspect Ratio ........: 1.91:1 (~16:9)
  • Framerate ...........: 23.976 FPS
  • Audio
  • Codec Name ........: AC3
  • Bitrate ................: 224 KB/s (CBR)
  • Channels .............: 2 Ch
  • Sampling Rate ......: 48000 Hz
  • Subtitles ..........: English, French
  • Ripped by.............: Xibalban

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