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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

03/29/2016

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1hr 18min

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Documentary

STORY

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the transformation achieved by 12 orphan genocide survivors in Rwanda after participating in a new form of sustainable humanitarian aid called Project LIGHT. Using a train the trainer model, these young people called Ambassadors, were trained to heal their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and their hearts as well as teach others to do the same. In only two short years they paid forward their healing to hundreds, from Rwanda to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Scarlett Lewis
  • J.T. Lewis
  • Lori Leyden
  • CCH Pounder

    Director

  • Paul J. Lynch

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Rwanda
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Scarlett Lewis

Self

J.T. Lewis

Self

CCH Pounder

Narrator (voice)

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