God Grew Tired of Us: Film Screening + Q&A
God Grew Tired Of Us: Film Screening + Q&A
An Evening with John Dau; A “Lost Boy of Sudan”
Groundwork Opportunities (GO) and the African American Arts & Cultural Center are pleased to host an evening with John Dau on July 13th, 201l. The evening will begin at 6pm at the African American Arts & Cultural Center with wine and bites. A screening of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and Audience Award winning film “God Grew Tired of Us”, which chronicles John’s five year, thousand mile journey as a “Lost Boy of Sudan”, his pursuit of the American dream and his emergence as a human rights activist and founder of the Jon Dau Foundation will follow. After the film concludes there will be a moderated Q&A with John Dau with Glynn Washington, host of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
EVENT DETAILS
African American Arts & Cultural Center
762 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Wednesday, July 13th
6pm: Happy Hour
7pm: Film Screening
$5 Donation through Eventbrite
Post Film Q&A with John Dau Moderated By Glynn Washington, host of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
Event Link: http://godgrewtiredofus2011.eventbrite.com/
About The Film
In 1987, Sudan’s Muslim government pronounced death to all males in the Christian south: 27,000 boys fled to Ethiopia on foot. In 1991, they were forced to flee to Kenya; 12,000 survived to live in a U.N. camp in Kakuma. The film follows John Dau and two other young men who repatriate to the U.S. and becomes activists for the Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan.
About John Dau
John Dau is a survivor of a 14-year journey from his home village in in Duk County, Sudan in 1987 to his arrival in Syracuse, New York in 2001. As a young boy he fled Sudanese government troops and eventually arrived at the Kukuma refugee camp in Kenya in 1992. During this journey of more than 1,000 miles, he led thousands of younger children through violence and starvation. Selected to come to Syracuse, New York along with 140 other "Lost Boys of Sudan" in 2001, John pursued the “American Dream.” While working 60 hours a week as a security guard, he completed his Associate's Degree at Onondaga Community College and started his BA in Policy Studies at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship. In 2006, he was featured in the award-winning documentary, God Grew Tired of Us, and, with Michael Sweeney, wrote his first book entitled God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir, published by National Geographic in 2007.
The John Dau Foundation is now fulfilling the dream of the former “Lost Boy” and genocide survivor John Dau to provide healthcare in the war-torn region of South Sudan by building and sustaining medical clinics and training community health workers
About Groundwork Opportunities
Groundwork Opportunities operates off a simple maxim: The Power of Their Ideas and Our Support. GO aims to provide an alternative solution to failing international aid policies by empowering communities through sustainable and community-owned micro-development projects that alleviate poverty. Like micro-finance, "micro-development" is a demonstrably effective means for helping build the local human infrastructure necessary to support positive, long-term economic growth.
About African American Arts & Culture Center
The African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC) is a community based, 501(c)3 arts and cultural organization. Our mission is to empower our community through Afro-centric artistic and cultural expression, mediums, education and programming.
About Glynn Washington & Snap Judgment
Glynn Washington is the host NPR’s Snap Judgment and winner of the Public Radio Talent Quest. Before creating the Snap Judgment radio / television show, Glynn worked as an educator, diplomat, community activist, actor, political strategist, fist-shaker, mountain-hollerer, and foot stomper. Glynn composed music for the Kunst Stoff dance performances in San Francisco, rocked live spoken word poetry in Detroit, joined a band in Indonesia, wrote several screenplays, painted a daring series of self portraits, released a blues album, and thinks his stories are best served with cocktails.
