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Ger Duany (born 1978 in Akobo, Greater Upper Nile in Sudan) is a South Sudanese and US-American movie actor and former refugee born in southern Sudan, who was resettled to the United States at the age of 15.
Mar 10, 2016 · 40.2M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.4K. 85K views 7 years ago. Ger Duany woke up one morning to gunshots that eventually led to his becoming one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan”, a child soldier,...
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Ger Duany: I was a child soldier. In his own words, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ger Duany talks about being forcefully recruited as a child soldier. 22 June 2015. A young refugee boy from South Sudan totes a replica of a firearm. As children, we molded cows out of mud, imitating our way of life.
May 14, 2014 · Ger Duany is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who escaped the civil war and became a successful model and actor in Hollywood. He also co-produced a documentary about his return to South Sudan in 2011 and his involvement in the country's independence.
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Sep 26, 2014 · WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — By the age of 14, Ger Duany had wandered barefoot for hundreds of miles through his native Sudan, spent four years in Ethiopian refugee camps and fought as a child...
Ger Duany is a Sudanese-born actor who starred in films such as The Good Lie, I Heart Huckabees and The Nile Hilton Incident. He is also a producer and a model who documented his journey from war to Hollywood in a documentary called Ger: To Be Separate.
Apr 13, 2015 · The Sudanese actor on being a child refugee, the healing power of basketball – and why LA beats NYC… Sun 12 Apr 2015 02.00 EDT. G er Duany was born in 1978 in what is now South Sudan....
