What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this moving documentary -- while focused on the strength and resilience of its Sudanese subjects -- details their difficult lives as orphans in Sudan and refugees in Kenya and the United States (where they face significant economic difficulties). Their stories are complicated and sad and include losing family members to state-sanctioned violence. One of the young men seeks and eventually finds his mother and siblings, leading to a very emotional reunion.
- Families can talk about the hardships faced by these young men. How do they form new "families" after losing their parents and/or siblings? What opportunities -- and adversities -- do they find in the United States? What kind of support systems do they have? By comparison, what do you think might happen to Sudan's "lost girls"? What do you think this movie is trying to accomplish? Does it succeed?