There are so many fascinating aspects to Runner that one barely knows where to begin. Sports, immigration issues and the violent, war-torn history of Sudan are but a few of the topics dealt with in Bill Gallagher's engrossing documentary about South Sudanese "lost boy" Guor Mading Maker, who fled his native country, moved to America and became an Olympic athlete.
This true story proves so incredible that one can sometimes think it was invented. Maker has been running all his life. In his early years, he was literally running for his life, after his country became embroiled in a bloody civil war that eventually led to its splitting in two.