Reese Witherspoon Drama 'The Good Lie' Launches Refugee Fund

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
8 September 2014
Tags:
South Sudan, Sudan, Arts, Culture and Entertainment, Aid and Assistance, Conflict, Peace and Security

The producers of Reese Witherspoon drama The Good Lie have established a fund to help the children uprooted and orphaned during the Sudanese civil war that stretched from 1983 to 2005. The Good Lie Fund, whose initial focus will be the Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya, was announced Monday as Warner Bros.' The Good Lie, focusing on what's known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, made its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

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