Lost Boys of Sudan is a documentary film by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk about two Dinka boys from Sudan, Santino Majok Chuor and Peter Nyarol Dut, who reached the United States after fleeing the civil war in their country. "Orphaned as young boys" in the Second Sudanese Civil War they "survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children." The documentary's title “Lost Boys of Sudan” was originally the name given to the group of Southern Sudanese youth by United Nations aid workers who were monitoring their flight from Sudan. See also Lost Boys of Sudan Forced displacement in popular culture The Good Lie References External links Lost Boys of Sudan Film Lost Boys of Sudan on PBS's P.O.V. Lost Boys of Sudan in IMDb Actual Films Principe Productions Lost Boys of Sudan Films set in South Sudan 2003 films Arabic-language films Swahili-language films Dinka-language films POV (TV series) films Documentary films about child refugees American documentary films 2003 documentary films Documentary films about Sudan Films shot in Houston 2000s English-language films 2000s American films