Episode 2: American Refugee

After leaving Hollywood, Cori Shepherd Stern rebrands herself as an “American refugee” in Africa.

Always a talent scout, she selects several minor refugee children and eventually gains custody of them. Promoting their stories in the press turns camera time into credibility, the kind that opens doors to elite global circles, from the Clintons to the World Bank.

Sources:

https://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/show/showroom#

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/hillary-clinton-abortion-documentary-zurawski-v-texas-1235988766/

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/la-jolla-light/

https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/

Director's Blog:

https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/01/24/40/ - First trip to Ivory Coast

https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/01/30/45/ - Extremely Dangerous

https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2003/03/31/59/ - Trip 2

https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/why-im-in-africa/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/73034471@N00/210740637/ - Description of NatGeo camerman

Book: Lethal Decisions https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Lethal_Decisions/RbwpEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

ABC Person of the Week: https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/816962

https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-version

https://www.unicef.org/media/96136/file/Childrens-Rights-Business-Principles-2012.pdf

Evelyn Apoko CNN - CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/23/world/africa/uganda-war-survivor

https://www.npr.org/2006/12/23/6668530/group-seeks-to-aid-ugandas-youngest-victims

https://www.greeleytribune.com/2009/05/19/liberian-shares-lesson-at-franklin-middle-school/

Lovetta Conto

https://web.archive.org/web/20110701155008/http://strongheartfellowship.org/documents/LiberiaGlobalReport.pdf

Chosen for Strongheart - https://morganhilltimes.com/from-civil-war-refugee-camp-to-jewelry-designer/

LA Times - https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/all-the-rage/story/2008-11-26/adventures-in-gift-giving-akawelle-jewelry

https://carlottasplendor.blogspot.com/2010/08/lovetta-conto.html

UN Rights of the Child - https://downloads.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/UNCRC_united_nations_convention_on_the_rights_of_the_child.pdf

Lovetta Audio pulled from:

Lovetta Conto Tedx from Liberia - https://youtu.be/AHMuOSIF0iM?si=bKQGy8B_cQl5sh8_&t=318

with Dalai Lama: https://youtu.be/uokdokgi-34?si=rucoe6tpK8QKBLYn