God Grew Tired of Us

God Grew Tired of Us is a memoir about the tortuous journey of three Southern Sudanese boys, John Bul Dau, Daniel Pach and Panther Bior, across Africa to the United States of America. The film’s title is based on a statement from John, in which he suggests that the civil unrest in his country may be a final judgement on Earth referred to in the Bible, as God grew tired of all the evil being committed by people.

In the 1980s, the three boys, along with many other Sudanese Christians, fled their war-torn country and made an arduous trek across the African plains, with thousands losing their lives to starvation and violence during the five-year journey. They eventually found safer conditions in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. In 2001, Catholic Charities International assisted 3,600 ‘Lost Boys’ in moving to America. The three men featured learned to adjust to their new, economically and culturally different country and dedicated themselves to helping those who remained in Africa, working several jobs and sending money back home. John later went on to become a human rights activist for the people of South Sudan.