{"id":4675,"date":"2014-10-21T13:39:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:34:10","slug":"kuoth-wiel-gains-wealth-media-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/21\/kuoth-wiel-gains-wealth-media-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuoth Wiel &#8217;13 gains wealth of media coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4570\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/GoodLie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4570 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/GoodLie-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"GoodLie\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/GoodLie-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/10\/GoodLie.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Augsburg College alumna <strong>Kuoth Wiel &#8217;13<\/strong>, a star in the feature film \u201cThe Good Lie,\u201d has garnered\u00a0a plethora of media coverage. The film, which was released\u00a0in Minnesota Oct. 17,\u00a0has been well received and is generating\u00a0Oscar buzz.\u00a0 Augsburg has received several media mentions thanks to Wiel since she was a student at the College\u00a0when she auditioned\u00a0for the role.<\/p>\n<p>The film brings to life a fictional yet strikingly accurate story of the &#8216;Lost Boys&#8217; of Sudan. Born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia to Sudanese parents herself, it&#8217;s no surprise Wiel found it important to help tell this story. Being a part of the film\u00a0&#8220;&#8230;validated all the struggles we had went through,&#8221; Wiel said in an MPR news interview.<\/p>\n<p>Wiel has been traveling around the U.S. promoting the film since its September debut at the Toronto Film Festival. The film, along with Wiel\u00a0and her cast mates, have\u00a0been featured and covered by media outlets ranging\u00a0from Minneapolis&#8217; Star Tribune to Rolling Stone magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of\u00a0some of the\u00a0local and national media coverage on Wiel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bring Me the News<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0&#8220;Augsburg grad&#8217;s tragic past informs role in Hollywood movie&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entertainment Weekly<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/insidemovies.ew.com\/2014\/10\/03\/the-good-lie-behind-the-scenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Behind\u00a0the Scenes with the Sudanese stars of &#8216;The Good Lie'&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Huffington Post<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/10\/17\/the-good-lie-ger-duany-emmanuel-jal_n_5998452.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been a long road to the big screen for the Sudanese stars of &#8220;&#8216;The Good Lie'&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kare 11<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cAugsburg grad lands role with Reese Witherspoon\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>MPR<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0&#8220;&#8216;The Good Lie\u2019 treads close to Sudanese refugee life, Minnesota actress says\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>People<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0&#8220;Meet the real-life &#8216;Lost Boys&#8217; of Sudan in &#8216;The Good Lie'&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pioneer Press<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201c&#8217;The Good Lie\u2019 wisely leaves story to the refugees\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rolling Stone<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0&#8220;This Reese Witherspoon drama about the lost boys (and girls) of Sudan is earnest to a fault, but you won&#8217;t leave unmoved&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Tribune<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0&#8220;Sudanese refugees weather culture shock in &#8216;Good Lie'&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Variety<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/reviews\/toronto-film-review-reese-witherspoon-in-the-good-lie-1201300004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Toronto film review: &#8216;The Good Lie'&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg College alumna Kuoth Wiel &#8217;13, a star in the feature film \u201cThe Good Lie,\u201d has garnered\u00a0a plethora of media coverage. The film, which was released\u00a0in Minnesota Oct. 17,\u00a0has been well received and is generating\u00a0Oscar buzz.\u00a0 Augsburg has received several media mentions thanks to Wiel since she was a student at the College\u00a0when she auditioned\u00a0for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":215,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,3228],"tags":[3209,849,3395,3643,3308,3636,3227,3370,2002,3186,3644,2692,3637,3394],"class_list":["post-4675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-in-the-news","category-kudos","tag-bring-me-the-news","tag-diversity","tag-entertainment-weekly","tag-good-lie","tag-huffington-post","tag-inclusion","tag-kare-11","tag-kuoth-wiel","tag-mpr","tag-pioneer-press","tag-reese-witherspoon","tag-star-tribune","tag-sudan","tag-variety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4675"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11859,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4675\/revisions\/11859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}