John Bul Dau and Christopher Dillon Quinn
Thursday, March 13, 2008, 7:30 p.m. $13 adult/11 senior/7 youthNOTE: Due to a schedule conflict, Christopher Dillon Quinn will be unable to present during the March 13 College Lecture Series event. John Bul Dau will still speak about the film and his experience.
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John Bul Dau was one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” featured in Christopher Quinn’s Sundance award-winning film, God Grew Tired of Us. In the late 1980s, 27,000 Sudanese “lost boys” — some just toddlers — marched barefoot over thousands of miles of barren desert, seeking safe haven from the brutal civil war raging in their homeland. Half died from bombing raids and starvation; the others lived together in Kenya’s Kakuna refugee camp, with few prospects. Recently, the United States invited some of the boys to settle in America. Moving and mind-expanding, God Grew Tired of Us follows three unforgettable young men — John, Daniel, and Panther — on their unbelievable odyssey in a strange New World. Though they were bred in unspeakably dehumanizing circumstances, their integrity and honor are impeccable, raising profound questions about the conditions necessary to create a civilized society. John and Christopher will speak about this exploration of culture and humankind in the film that so beautifully documents the journey of such courageous individuals.
God Grew Tired of Us will be shown during the 2008 Global Flicks International Film Festival at the MAC. Film dates and times will be announced in December 2007.
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