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MANGOK: A Story of Loss, Family, and What it Means to Find Home, a film by Joshua Bennett

Presented by Brandeis University at Shapiro Campus Center, Waltham MA

Oct 05 2026
MANGOK: A Story of Loss, Family, and What it Means to Find Home, a film by Joshua Bennett

Mangok Documentary Poster (Brandeis Version Designed by Alix Brandon)

Documentary film about Mangok Bol, one of the “Lost Boys” of Sudan and the journey to rescue and resettle his kidnapped nieces and nephews in the United States following the murder of his brother and sister-in-law in South Sudan.

Mangok Bol's story is uniquely dramatic, tragic, and uplifting -- it's about the search for his four orphaned nieces and nephews who were kidnapped in a raid on their village in South Sudan, and the community of Americans that has rallied around Mangok in the Boston area, where he lives, to help find them and bring them to America so he can raise them. As Mangok prepares to reunite with the children in the US, he continues his search for the fourth missing niece who was 8 when she was kidnapped ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

Free Admission

Additional time info:

Q&A following the film screening with Joshua Bennett and Mangok Bol. Moderated by Professor Emilie Diouf.

LOCATION

Shapiro Campus Center

415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453

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