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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

NR

2016

78 minutes

Documentary

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.

Top Cast

Scarlett Lewis headshot

Scarlett Lewis

Self

J.T. Lewis headshot

J.T. Lewis

Self

Lori Leyden headshot

Lori Leyden

Self

CCH Pounder headshot

CCH Pounder

Narrator (voice)