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- ↑ "Lost Boys of Sudan :: About The Film". Lostboysfilm.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ↑ "Lost Boys of Sudan :: Learn / Teach". Lostboysfilm.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
