The Lost Boys of Sudan

The "Lost Boys of Sudan" is a documentary of a group of boys who went through troubles in Sudan and moved to America to seek greater opportunities. The documentary started with a boy telling the story of his past childhood. His village was pillaged by the Sudan government and militia groups. The parents of all the children in the village were killed. A group in Sudan took all the boys and put them in a refugee camp. Each year there is a group of boys that are taken out of the camp and sent to first world countries to have a chance to make a living and escape poverty. Over the span of the documentary, it shows the process of a small group of Sudanese boys who get the chance to come to America. The main characters are Peter and Santino. Before Peter and Santino come to America they tell everyone in the refugee camp that they are going to America to live the “high life”. But they do not know what types of obstacles they are in for. When the boys reach America they are helped by the U.S. government and different organizations like the YMCA. For four months they are given everything they need: an apartment, food, spending money, transportation and they are set up with interviews to find a job.
Peter obtains a job very quickly and shortly after so does Santino. But they have trouble interacting with people because of their lack of communication skills. Peter wants to enroll himself in school so he will be able to find a better job and make a decent living. The only trouble is he has to pay for half the rent; he doesn’t have time to go to school. Peter ends up leaving Texas where he was given an apartment and where his friends from Sudan are. He ends up finding a place to live in Kansas. He believes that he will find better opportunities in Kansas. He leaves Santino out to dry with paying the rent. Peter finds a high school to enroll himself into and graduates close to the top of his class.
I believe that if the United States government is going to allow refugees from other countries to come and live in America then they should set up better programs to properly train them in an occupation and put them in schooling. These boys were thrown into America with no idea how the culture worked and they only had a basic understanding of the English language. More money needs to be sent over to third world countries to better education and stop the genocides from happening.
Movie Title: "The Lost Boys"
Documentary By: Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk