Yet another 2006 Sundance success story has scored US distribution. This time, it's God Grew Tired of Us, the debut of director Christopher Dillon Quinn, which won both an audience award and the jury prize for best documentary at the festival, and has been picked up by Newmarket. The movie, which tells the story of three Sudanese refugees adjusting to their new lives in the US, has been well-reviewed at festival screenings -- though it's also sometimes criticized for treading the same path as 2003's impressive doc, The Lost Boys of Sudan, a film from which it gets its subtitle -- but outside of festivals it hasn't really been seen. Thanks to Newmarket, though, that's going to change: The distributor plans to have the film in American theaters this fall.Distribution Deal for Sundance Winner
Yet another 2006 Sundance success story has scored US distribution. This time, it's God Grew Tired of Us, the debut of director Christopher Dillon Quinn, which won both an audience award and the jury prize for best documentary at the festival, and has been picked up by Newmarket. The movie, which tells the story of three Sudanese refugees adjusting to their new lives in the US, has been well-reviewed at festival screenings -- though it's also sometimes criticized for treading the same path as 2003's impressive doc, The Lost Boys of Sudan, a film from which it gets its subtitle -- but outside of festivals it hasn't really been seen. Thanks to Newmarket, though, that's going to change: The distributor plans to have the film in American theaters this fall.
1. I wonder why documentary makers are too much obsessed with the misery of the African children but cannot see the miserable condition of the Asian children. According to a World Bank report, India has now 60 million (http://www.southasiabiz.com/2006/05/60_million_malnourished_and_un.html) malnourished and underweight children and the situation is even worse than Africa.
I wish that Documentary makers come forward to portray the miserable condition of children in Asia.
Posted at 6:03AM on May 15th 2006 by Razib Ahmed