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Movie, 2016

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

78 min, Documentary, Rwanda

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.

Details

DirectorPaul J. Lynch
WritersEllen Goldwasser
GenreDocumentary
Runtime78 min
ReleasedTue, Mar 29, 2016
CountryRwanda

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