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# Good Lie, The (Blu-ray)

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    From the American heartland…
  

*by J***I on Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2021*

…comes the title to this very good film. Huck Finn, along the Mississippi River, told the “good lie,” in order to protect his friend Jim, from the slavers. That fact is brought out half-way through the movie, in an English class in which Mamere, admirably played by Arnold Oceng, is enrolled, in part, to learn the American culture. Fittingly, Mamere is learning this lesson in a quintessential city of the American heartland: Kansas City, Missouri.I was fearful that this movie would be in “black and white,” the “innocent civilians” fleeing the evil and cruel rulers, for the glorious sanctuary that is America. It is far from that simplistic, with plenty of nuance, and therefore deserves much merit (and viewership). It was directed by Philippe Falardeau and released in 2014.It commences with the Sudanese Civil war of 1983. The background and the particulars are not provided; there are two disturbing images of the Vietnam War imposed on the Sudan: the Huey helicopters attacking civilian villages and the torching of thatched-roofed hovels. No doubt this really happened, again. A major fault-line in the Sudan is between the Islamic north and the Christian south and that is the principal impetus to the war. The fleeing children carry a Bible with them. Also unmentioned in the movie is the fact that as a result of the civil war, the southern portion of the Sudan broke away and formed its own country, which was recognized in 2011, the Republic of South Sudan (also unmentioned is the fact that within the new country, there is fighting among Christian tribal factions).With their parents killed, in 1987, thousands of boys (and some girls) fled the area, initially for Ethiopia, where they were not welcomed, and then to Kenya, where they were interned in a refugee camp. They had to walk 785 miles to the Kenya border, with very little supplies, and obtaining good drinking water was always a problem. On the way, they lost half of the original eight in the group. One estimate of the size of the camp that was given in the movie is 100,000 people, though obviously that fluctuated. The remaining four children would grow up in the camp, waiting 13 years before being selected as part of a group of 3600 who would be relocated as refugees to the United States. They’d be known as the “Lost Boys of the Sudan,” even though one was a girl.The real strength of this movie was the portrayal of what happens when they arrive in the United States. For well-intentioned bureaucratic reasons, the woman is separated from her three brothers, and sent to Boston. Well-meaning people, including church people since these are Christians, try to help, but are generally clueless about their prior lives. Imagine having to explain how a light-switch worked, since they had never seen one. Not to mention a LOT of other aspects of American life, good and bad, that we take for granted. They also have a “black mark” on their record, since they come from a country that has an official designation, by the State Department, of “supporting terrorism.” The fact they fled such a country is not a plus.The movie goes on to portray their successful integration into American society, or NOT. All, of course, start with low wage jobs, inadvertently helping to suppress the wages of the poor, which is a key reason, on the dark side, of why the powers-that-be like unskilled immigrants, packaging their like as humanitarian concerns.Though the initial events in this movie commenced almost four decades ago, it is a movie for our times as a new wave of refugees – from Afghanistan – reach our shores, complementing the waves hitting our southern border. There are numerous areas of the world in which there are wars, often so-called “civil” in nature, generating literally millions of displaced persons. And there are at least two billion people living severely impoverished lives in slums without running water, proper sewage treatment, no medical care et al., who all could claim that they are fleeing, at least economic injustice, and want to be treated as refugees.There is no national consensus on immigration and what a reasonable number of immigrants a year might be, acknowledging that there is a definite downside to increasing America’s population, in a very overpopulated world of humans. Indeed, we strongly prefer not even to talk about it, thereby making even a plausible consensus impossible.5-stars for a good movie that can serve as an entrée to that conversation.

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    Deeply Moving, Sad and Funny at times. Realistic view of taking in Refugees.
  

*by J***L on Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018*

The preview is deceiving making you think this is a light hearted movie about a superficial and naive American woman taking in refugees.  This is the true story of Somalian refugee children caught in a horrific war and left as orphans, thus much deeper than that.  t goes into the war and the painful losses they experience. It's sad. Then as these tribal young adults come here, the culture shock of America and modernization. I love the story and love encouraging people to learn about the real stories of refugees. I love that America brings in people who may otherwise die due to their faith. We cannot invite refugees in and hope someone else takes care of them. We all can help in big ways like hosting them in our homes, hiring them, etc.  But there is a cost to helping it's naive to think there are simple solutions or that we should take everyone one in. Many refugees also want to go back and help their nations once it's safe. This is a warm hearted story that everyone can watch. It's also not anti American which we appreciated.

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    One of My VERY Favorite Movies
  

*by N***Y on Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019*

Everyone should watch this movie and try to imagine yourself moving to another culture. Refugees around the world need friends who will act as cultural interpreters. They need to be shown libraries, parks, thrift stores and discount grocery stores. They need to be invited to celebrate holidays with neighbors. In the end, we think that we are helping them, but in truth they are helping us by making our lives richer and fuller.

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