He saw the majority of his family perish in Sudan’s ongoing civil war and is revered as a leader in the country he left behind. Aleu attended the Children’s Theatre Company production of “The Lost ...
At 17, Atem became one of the first of about 20,000 children who had been orphaned or displaced in Sudan to resettle in the U.S. They were called the ‘Lost Boys’. Atem said nearly 600 of them ...
An award-winning, critically acclaimed film, narrated by Nicole Kidman, God Grew Tired of Us explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland ...