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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

Mar 29, 2016 · 1h 18m
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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.

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Scarlett Lewis
Self
J.T. Lewis
Self
Lori Leyden
Self
CCH Pounder
Narrator (voice)
Directed by Paul J. Lynch

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Released
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EN
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Country
US
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