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Jen Marlowe, director of Rebuilding Hope & Darfur Diaries on ABC

Lindsey — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:33:13 +0000

Jen Marlowe, the director of Rebuilding Hope and Darfur Diaries was interviewed on ABC news on May 4th during ABC News’ World View segment to discuss the struggle to find hope in the beleaguered nation. Rebuilding Hope and Darfur Diaries can currently be purchased at the Cinema Libre Store.

Watch the interview

“Rebuilding Hope” Screening at Chicago Filmmakers

cinema libre studio — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:04:58 +0000

Kuek Aleu Garang and Garang Mayuol are recent subjects of two documentary films being shown at Chicago Filmmakers at 8PM. 22 Years from Home and Rebuilding Hope tell the stories of these courageous men who were driven from their homeland and eventual return to rebuild their lives. Kuek and Garang will be at the screening. Tix are $8 at the door.

ChicagoPride

Sudan Lost Boy to visit Ithaca

cinema libre studio — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:34:12 +0000

One of the Lost Boys of Sudan, children orphaned in a civil war in the 1980s, will speak in Ithaca on Friday prior to a showing of a documentary about his experiences.

Gabriel Bol Deng will speak to a class at Ithaca High School on Friday morning and again at the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca 7 p.m. Friday.

He will speak about his war-torn homeland of Sudan, his life as a “Lost Boy” and refugee, and fundraising efforts to build a school, health clinic and clean water facilities in his hometown of Ariang, Sudan.

Ithaca Journal

Screening “Rebuilding Hope” followed by discussion with director

cinema libre studio — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:34:29 +0000

DePaul University’s International Programs Office is hosting a screening of the documentary film “Rebuilding Hope” on April 23, 2010 at 4 pm. The film’s director, Jen Marlowe, will be in attendance and will hold a discussion immediately following the screening.

Chicago Reader

Queen Mary hosts UK film premiere of “Rebuilding Hope”

cinema libre studio — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:12:53 +0000

Queen Mary screened the UK premiere of Rebuilding Hope, an award-winning documentary on post-war south Sudan, on Wednesday 31 March 2010.

The film, directed by Jen Marlowe, follows Garang Mayuol, Koor Garang, and Gabriel Bol Deng, three boys who fled their Sudanese villages due to civil war in the late 1990s.

Now in their twenties, and living in the US, these young men embark on a journey back their African homeland to discover whether their families have survived, and how they can help to transform their devastated communities.

Written by Emma Lowry / Queen Mary, University of London

“Rebuilding Hope” to Premier in Hamilton

cinema libre studio — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:02:29 +0000

Documentary about local ‘Lost Boy’ will benefit non-profit initiatives in Sudan

(Hamilton – April 11, 2010) “Rebuilding Hope” holds its local premiere at the Hamilton Theater on Sunday, April 11 at 12:30 p.m.

The theater is located at 7 Lebanon St. in Hamilton.

Madison County Courier

“Rebuilding Hope” Review on The Post-Standard

cinema libre studio — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:31:23 +0000

Gabriel Bol Deng doesn’t need to speak after showings of a film that documents his return to his native Sudan.

“There is no way you can see this movie and not want to help,” he said of the imagery in “Rebuilding Hope,” which will be screened in Hamilton and Cazenovia this week. “The suffering, the need for water, education, a better way of living. The film can speak for itself.”

Deng was 10 years old when militants attacked his village in southern Sudan. Unaware of the fate or whereabouts of his parents or siblings, Deng began a four-month journey with no shoes and only the clothes on his back, forging the Nile River and crossing 1,000 miles of harsh desert with fellow refugees.

Written by Alaina Potrikus / The Post-Standard

Announcing Cinema Libre Studio’s Educational Program

Lindsey — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:45:32 +0000

Cinema Libre Studio is thrilled to introduce our re-vamped program. Cinema Libre is the leading distributor of a wide array of critically acclaimed independent, social issue, and political documentary films. We are proud to offer institutions and organizations the educational versions of the following films (with more to come): The End of Poverty?, Fuel, Small Voices, Rebuilding Hope, and A River of Waste.

We will be updating our new program regularly, so sign up for our Educational and PPR mailing list and keep checking our new Educational and PPR section of the Cinema Libre Store for new titles.

For all the details on our new program, please see our Educational and PPR homepage with F.A.Q.‘s.

Jen Marlowe’s documentary “Rebuilding Hope” is in the LA Times!

Lindsey — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:45:03 +0000

Reporting from Chicago – After he fled Sudan’s civil war as a child in the 1980s, Garang Mayuol knew in his heart that he would return.

In 2001, he was among about 3,800 young Sudanese men, known as the “Lost Boys,” who were settled in the United States. From refugees to American citizens, attaining education and success, the Lost Boys have become international symbols of war and survival.

Resettlement efforts scattered them across the country, but Mayuol, 27, stayed in touch with two friends from the Kakuma camp in Kenya. All three were determined to return someday to their villages.