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(Santino from the Lost Boys of Sudan)
Word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls. Then, a conversation with journalist Matthew McAllester on his own emerging from the prison of Saddam's Iraq, having been kidnapped there.
Filmmakers Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk are joined by the subjects of their documentary The Lost Boys of Sudan. Peter Nyarol Cut and Santino Majok Chuor, two Sudanese refugees who were dislocated and orphaned by civil war there back in the late 80s, share their experiences and discuss the difficulties of starting a new life in America. And Graeme Lloyd, artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company, on their run at the Joyce.
Patricia T. O’Conner
Word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls on our fascinating (if illogical) language.
Matthew McAllester
A conversation with journalist Matthew McAllester on his own emerging from the prison of Saddam's Iraq, having been kidnapped there. His book is called Blinded by the Sunlight.
Music: At First Sight Soundtrack composer Mark Isham
Music: At First Sight Soundtrack composer Mark Isham
Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk , Peter Nyarol Cut and Santino Majok Chuor
For the last twenty years, civil war has raged in Sudan killing an estimated two million people and displacing more than four million. Peter Dut and Santino Chuor are here to talk about their experiences as refugees from the civil war and being resettled in suburban America. Filmmakers Megan Mylan ...
Graeme Lloyd
Artistic director Graeme Murphy on the daring Sydney Dance Company. They’re performing Ellipse, a suite of dances inspired by the music of the young Australian composer Matthew Hindson, at the Joyce Theater (175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street) from February 17th to the 22nd.
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