God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...childhood from their villages in the south of war-torn Sudan. After wandering sub-Saharan Africa on the brink of starvation..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Austin Film Festival Review: King of North Sudan

Oddball geopolitical documentary never quite expunges its Americana

"...of unclaimed land on a technicality, between Egypt and Sudan...."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Texas Oil Working in Sudan

Companies with international subsidiaries still doing business there

"...to divest from all foreign companies doing business in Sudan. State Comptroller Susan Combs is required to create a..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

On Texas' Divesting Sudan-Related Funds

"...To the editor, Your news item on the Sudan divestment effort ["Retiring Our Investment in Darfur," News, March..."

March 25, 2007 Postmarks

Sudan Archives, Soccer Mommy, and Allah-Las to Headline the Handbuilt Motorcycle Festival

Austin motor show becomes music fest with Resound partnership

"...The motorcycles-and-music festival, April 14-16, matches national headliners Sudan Archives, Soccer Mommy, and Allah-Las with daily lineups of..."

March 23, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

On the Lege

Texas and Sudan: In or Out?

"...divest the state's holdings in companies doing business in Sudan. Here's the dilemma: Should the proposed policy also extend..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

The Four Feathers

"...Ledger as he meanders between the dunes and the Sudanese wastes, sunburned and blistered and despised by the very..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Good Lie

A well-told story about four lost boys and girls of the Sudan in America gets a welcome assist from Hollywood.

"...they are a heartfelt drama about a group of Sudanese orphans struggling to survive...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Machine Gun Preacher

Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.

"...(Shannon, looking every bit the world-weary ex-skag addict) to Sudan, where they plan to build a church and rescue..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil Came on Horseback

Retired Marine Capt. Brian Steidle tells the real, unedited story of Darfur in this documentary examining the powerlessness of one individual faced with a tragedy of inhuman degree.

"...the Bush administration acknowledges that there is genocide in Sudan. Almost half a million people are dead, and 2..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Darfur Update

International Criminal Court pushing for war crime prosecution in Sudan, local activists respond.

"...forward with another prosecution in the ongoing bloodbath in Sudan. On Monday, ICC Prosecutor Luis-Moreno O'Campo presented evidence that..."

July 16, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Nigerian Nobel Laureate: U.S. Making Progress … Wait, What?

Wole Soyinka on campus at UT to discuss Darfur

"...While Soyinka did touch on the genocide in western Sudan, his speech took on a narrative tone as he..."

March 4, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Dispatches From Darfur

Austinites Rio Tenango and Leah Pries take their activism, and their aliases, all the way to Africa

"...their attention to the genocide in the Republic of Sudan, the home of a roiling series of civil wars..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Statesman Editor Rich Oppel denounces slavery in the Sudan, but overlooks the terrorism wrought there by his own government. As Church Lady would say, "How Conveeenient."

"...2, Austin American-Statesman editor Rich Oppel denounced slavery in Sudan, thereby heroically risking the outrage of those thousands of..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

On the Lege: A $156 Million Disaster

The Accenture scheme blows up in the state's face

"..."do the right thing" and divest its holdings in Sudan-linked oil companies, a major funding source for the Sudanese..."

March 23, 2007 News Column

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...He talked of going to Sudan and pressing Sudanese intelligence for help in gaining information..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Rick Perry: More Ethical Than UT?

UT investment management firm decides not to divest from Sudan.

"...stockbrokers) announced that they won't be divesting from the Sudan, even after a thousand staff and students signed a..."

Jan. 23, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Buzz on Local Bees

A swarm of local activity seeks to protect pollinators

"...of beekeeping after years of work to connect "South Sudanese farmers with Texas buyers for their natural honey and..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Review: Madina’s Dream

The war in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains tests the resilience of children

"...story of the people living inside the war in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains. Those who survived the trip to the..."

March 18, 2015 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

TV Eye

For 'Veronica Mars' and 'Kevin Hill,' the journey's the thing

"...Check local listings.What Else Is On? Lost Boys of Sudan: A brutal 20-year civil war has all but destroyed..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...apologized for the bombing of the pharmacy plant as Sudan requested at the UN? I posed that question to..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Reusing Seaholm

"...apologized for the bombing of the pharmacy plant as Sudan requested at the UN? I posed that question to..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...apologized for the bombing of the pharmacy plant as Sudan requested at the UN? I posed that question to..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

Austin Film Festival Announces Second Wave of Programming

Local voices are spotlighted in the new round of eight fest films

"...THE KING OF NORTH SUDAN Written by Danny Abel and Brett Blake, Directed by..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

SXSW Taps Baby Rose, Heart Bones & Laundry Day

108 more acts added to music fest

"...Laura Cantrell, sadcore favorites Early Day Miners, and singer/violinist Sudan Archives, who turned a lot of heads at SXSW..."

Feb. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Fest Q&A: Power Trip

Riley Gale talks medieval beheadings, awards, and his bucket list

"...in the world I don’t want to go. Okay, Sudan; I don’t want to go to Sudan right now,..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...down borders with installations from Iran (Death Tolls Experience), Sudan (We Who Remain), and Niger (Women on the Move)...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Boobs or Balls?

If you could re-live your life as either sex, which would it be?

"...want come back to as woman: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Mali - and on our side of the ocean..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

From Africa to Zombies: Cori Stern Can't Stop

The weird, life-changing story of the "Warm Bodies" producer

"...covers eight kids who travel from Rwanda to the Sudan to receive open heart surgery. That left another 52..."

Feb. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Jo's Third Annual Chili Cold Blood Chili Cook Off

Jo's Coffee, Saturday, January 24, 2009

"...even Kansas is preferable to places like Somalia or Sudan, if only by a small margin. Plus, unlike Somalis,..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

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