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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

2016·Directed by Paul J. Lynch

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Released
March 29, 2016
Runtime
1h 18m

About When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

  • Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Director
  • PJPaul J. Lynch
Writer
  • EGEllen Goldwasser

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Scarlett LewisSelf
  • JLJ.T. LewisSelf
  • LLLori LeydenSelf
  • CCH PounderNarrator (voice)
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