God Grew Tired of Us explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who leave their homeland, overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, and move to America.
The so-called "Lost Boys" at JFK airport waiting to connect to flights to their new homes in the United States.
At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, the film won both the "Grand Jury Prize: Documentary" and the "Audience Award" in the "Independent Film Competition: Documentary" category. The film also won best documentary at the Deauville Film Festival in France and the Galway Film Festival in Ireland.
Christopher Dillon Quinn was awarded The Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award by the International Documentary Association in 2007 for directing God Grew Tired of Us.
“An incredibly powerful story of renewal, commitment and the resiliency of the human spirit.”
“Two unimaginable journeys become more than imaginable in God Grew Tired Of Us, a documentary by Christopher Quinn — the movie makes them vivid and memorable. This is a film that adds to our understanding of human nature.”
“This is an important film. It’s amazing that it exists, and the events it recounts are still more amazing. Everybody should see it.”
“[An] affecting and engaging film.”
“Visually stunning and contextually provocative, “God Grew Tired of Us” is quite simply one of the most beautiful documentaries I’ve ever seen, and is deserving of its Sundance 2006 Documentary Grand Jury prize. Intelligent, heartbreaking, uplifting, humorous and reverent, the film is an adventure in what it means to be human, and what it takes to survive in the world today, whether it be the Sudan or the United States”
