Reese Witherspoon's New Movie 'The Good Lie' Premiered In Her Home Town Nashville. She attended the premiere alongside with her mother.
The event was held at the Belcourt Theater in Hillsboro Village.
"The Good Lie," tells the story of the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan, orphaned children who walked thousands of miles, without food or shelter, to escape the civil war in 1983.
Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort brought 3,600 Lost Boys and Girls to the US to start new lives.(via DailyMail)
The Legally Blonde star had so much excitement of her movie's premiere in her home town Nasville. She was born in New Jersey, but raised by her family in Nashville, Tennessee.
News 2 asked about what she felt of her movie's premiere in Nashville.
"I was excited. Molly Smith, one of the producers on the film, is from Memphis and she called me up and said, 'Should we do the premiere in Nashville?' I was like, 'Sure.' I've never done one here so it's nice to be home," explained Witherspoon.
Reese plays a tough-talking employment counselor who is assigned to find the Lost Boys jobs when they first reach the US.
Her co star Emmanuel Jal talks about the movie who lived the same as with the 'Lost Boys'
"This is the story of my home," Jal said. "This is the voice of those who was not heard."
On Wednesday night, according to reports former Lost Boys Thon Chol, Kuol Awan, John Dau and Moses Ajou, as well as several others, were honored during a special gala and congressional screening of the movie. The gala also helped raised nearly $400,000 for the Good Lie Fund, with all monies going to the Kakuma camp.
"They've been through so much as little children and that they had an opportunity to come to America and that they will work three and four jobs just to pay for an education that we take for granted every single day. ... It's incredible, you know? It really makes you appreciate the opportunities that we have as Americans," Witherspoon said.
