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What is my topic 
I will be comparing the two films God grew tired of us and Lost boys of Sudan. I will be comparing and contrasting cultural and cultural identity as my course concepts. My ideal question will revolve around how film makers incorporate these course concepts into a documentary. How did each film choose what perspectives of the Sudan clan to represent, and how differently they identify in each film. Also how is  life in America idolized compared to a foreign country from the different main characters point of views. 




Unsettling Resettlement: "lost boys of Sudan" Resettlement and Identity 
In this critical analysis Sara McKinnon focuses on life in settlements and how culturally different is it from other settlements(America). Mckinnon has several great point about the harsh environment and lack of clean water/food. I want to use the source to connect my central idea on how Sudan life and American life differ. How was life in the settlements portrayed in both films, how are the different.

Out of Africa: misrepresenting Sudan's Lost Boys
Brandy Witthoft created this article to describe the culture and traditions of Africa more specifically the life in Sudan during the war. I want to use this source mainly because it places light on how culturally involved Africa is compared to America. How is America seen more as individual then collective. How do they keep there tradition so strong and what traditions do they show in each film.  

Lost Boy's of Sudan
This article focuses on the second civil war and the implication it placed on the Sudan culture. The conflicts and reasoning is a major part of this article. I want to use this source to clarify how the Lost Boy's of Sudan excusably covered the war more compared to God Grew Tired of Us.  

Not Just Child's Play: Emerging Tradition and the Lost Boy's of Sudan
This is a short critical review about the film The Lost Boy's. Rachelle Saltzman uses cultural difference when comparing the Sudan life to regularly American life. I plan on using this source to be able to more clearly include a focal point in the film to connect it to tradition. 

2 films win double prizes at Sundance; dramatic feature 'Quinceanera and documentary 'God Grew Tired of Us' get grand jury and audience honors as festival closes 
This review from Kenneth Turan shows an abstract view at how to connect two different films with simple connections. He uses Quinceanera and God Grew Tired of Us for his critical analysis. I will use points he made to connect God Grew Tired Of Us to my own film The Lost Boys


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  1. Professeur McLaughlinMarch 24, 2017 at 5:22 AM

    These are all articles published in print. You don't need to include a URL, even if you found them on a database.

    What sources are you using to define cultural identity?

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