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Reviewed on November 15, 2010 | Media
Both inspiring and grimly sobering, this pair of heartfelt documentaries, aptly released last year shortly before the 61st anniversary of International Human Rights Day, closely and sensitively depict efforts to ameliorate the harrowing plight of victims of civil war in South Sudan and Cambodia, respectively. Rebuilding Hope follows the return, in 2007, to their village homes in Sudan of three young men who were among the several thousand "Lost Boys" resettled in the United States in 2001. The film chronicles the trio as they reunite with surviving family members and employ skills and education acquired here to h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More