Showing posts with label God Grew Tired of Us. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God Grew Tired of Us. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

God Grew Tired of Us

Just watched this feel-good documentary, thought it was worth passing on: "God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan" (2006). I don't know why Nicole Kidman was narrating, but the film is not nearly as pro-American-patronizing as one might suspect from the trailer, nor is it as one-dimensional (no "wow, electricity is so great, how did I ever live without it?! God bless America!"), - although it IS very entertaining to watch the Sudan boys encounter North American culture for the first time (I particularly enjoyed their confusion over who this "Santa" character is - "is Santa also in the bible?!" If anything, I found their interpretation of the meaning of Christmas more inspirational than ours...).