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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

Genres
Documentary
Rating
No Rating
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesRwandaUnited States of America
Release Date2016-03-29
Runtime78 mins

Overview

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

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Scarlett Lewis

as Self

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J.T. Lewis

as Self

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Lori Leyden

as Self

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CCH Pounder

as Narrator (voice)

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