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Set during the South Sudanese civil war in 1987, when orphaned children Amir, Paul, Jeremiah and Abidel flee from their village by foot, across the Sahara desert, and Ethiopia to safety at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. In 2000 they are transported to Kansas City, US, by way of a humanitarian intervention. The film examines the sense of culture shock experienced by Amir, Paul and Jeremiah while in…