When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

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.

Country:

Rwanda,

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

78 minutes

Year:

2016

Director:

Paul J. Lynch

Cast:
Scarlett Lewis

Self

J.T. Lewis

Self

Lori Leyden

Self

CCH Pounder

Narrator (voice)

Crew:
Barnet Bain

Producer

Lori Leyden

Executive Producer

Ellen Goldwasser

Writer

Paul J. Lynch

Director

Nicolas M. Ortner

Executive Producer