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RUNNER Virtual Cinema Release Starting Friday, June 19
TIMED WITH WORLD REFUGEE DAY – SATURDAY, JUNE 20; SHARE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RELEASE WILL BENEFIT REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS, MARATHONS & RUNNING GROUPS Runner follows the incredible story of Guor Marial the South Sudanese Lost Boy who survived slavery and a brutal war that took 8 of his 9 siblings to become an Olympic athlete Synopsis:When he was only eight, Guor Mading Maker (formerly known as Guor Marial) ran from capture in war-torn Sudan to eventually seek safety in the US. In his new life, Maker began running again, participating in high school track and field and eventually becoming a sensation and qualifying for the 2012 Olympics. But because the newly formed…