Title: Lebanon: Angelina Jolie Meets Syrian Refugees Location: Majdal Anjar, Bar Elias, Lebanon
Date: September 12, 2012
Language: Nat/English/Arabic
Source: Scott Goddard/Edith Champagne
Date shoot: September 12, 2012
Duration: 5:05
Format: 16:9
The second day of UNHCR’s Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie’s visit to the region started with a visit to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
She met a family who arrived three months ago.
A mother, son, daughter, daughter-in-law and eight children…all risked entering through an unofficial border…..all had to escape shooting and bombing in the Homs region.
They’re living with a local host family….for the first few months, it was free, but now they have been asked to pay rent… when they can.
SOUNDBITE: Refugee mother - “The children keep asking about their father…we keep inventing things to tell them.”
In a nearby house, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, met another family. The father, who wants his identity protected talked of leaving with nothing …and struggling to make ends meet.
CLIP Antonio Guterres High Commissioner for Refugees
"We are trying to find more resources to do better. We also hope that peace will come back and you will regain your normal life. To be a refugee is always a terrible thing.”
There are 40,000 registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon. All are living with families…or in rented homes….or collective shelters.
This family fled when their daughter was shot while shopping for her upcoming wedding. Her stomach was pierced….the shooting went on for twenty minutes, according to her fiancé Ababah.
SOUND BITE: Ababah –“ After she was shot, after the incident, we were coming to our home to get our stuff and go to somewhere safe.”
She survived …but only just.
SOUNDBITE Angelina Jolie : “Your sister was shot ..she got shot. She is your sister. She got shot was that very scary? –
Little girl: Yes.”
Angelina Jolie “She is ok now…”
Little girl: Yes (please check translation)
To manage the ongoing new arrivals, UNHCR and the government are identifying potential collective centers, rehabilitating houses and offering cash grants. The final stop of Ms. Jolie’s visit was a school. Here, young refugee children are given remedial classes…..so they can be ready for the Lebanese curriculum in a few weeks.
SOUND UP : IN THE CLASS ROOM..
Some of the children told Ms. Jolie that their homes have been burnt…
Others described bombings from the air…. and leaving everything behind.
SOUNDBITE Angelina Jolie :" Did you leave all your toys?"
In the older class – the children had a present for offer Ms. Jolie.
SOUND BITE : GIVING THE TEE- SHIRT..
During the visit of the Special Envoy and The High Commissioner, they reiterated the need for the international community to support Syrian refugees and the regional governments who have come to their aid.
SHOTLIST
00:00 - 00:05 WS Angelina Jolie entering
00:05 - 00:10 WS Angelina Jolie meeting Refugee family
00:10 - 00:14 WS Angelina Jolie talking with refugee woman 00:14 - 00:25 CU Various shots of Refugee children
00:25 - 00:29 WS Angelina Jolie listening the refugee family
00:29 - 00:36 WS Angelina Jolie listening the refugee family
00:36 - 00:45 CU Angelina Jolie listening
00:45 - 00.49 WS Angelina Jolie listening the refugee family
00:45 - 01:11 Various shots of Refugee children
01:11 - 01:17 WS Antonio Guterres listening the refugees
01:17 - 01:23 CU face of refugee man
01:23 - 01:40 CLIP Antonio Guterres High Commissioner for Refugees
"We are trying to find more resources to do better. We also hope that peace will come back and you will regain your normal life. To be a refugee is always a terrible thing.”
01:40 - 01:44 WS Refugee boy standing
01:44 - 02:00 WS PAN left Angelina Jolie listening refugees
02:00 - 02:15 WS Refugees' face blurred
02:15 - 02:51 SOUNDBITE Angelina Jolie : “Your sister was shot ..she got shot. She is your sister. She got shot was that very scary? –
Little girl: Yes.”
Angelina Jolie “She is ok now…”
Little girl: Yes (please check translation)
02:51 - 03:01 CU Refugee girl smiling 03:01 - 03:07 WS Angelina Jolie walking to the school
03:07 - 03:14 WS Angelina in the classroom
03:14 - 03:19 CU Refugee boy
03:19 - 03:43 Various shots of Angelina Jolie with refugee students
03:43 - 03:49 CU Refugee boy writing
03:49 - 03:59 SOUNDBITE Angelina Jolie : "Did you leave all your toys?"
03:59 - 04:06 WS Refugee student studying
04:06 - 04:23 Various shots of Angelina Jolie with refugee students
04:23 - 04:30 CU Angelina Jolie
04:30 - 04:39 WS Angelina Jolie applauding
04:39 - 04:52 WS Angelina Jolie saying Good bye to children
04:52 - 05:05 Various shots of Angelina Jolie leaving
END