OlderAngelina Jolie ‘Transformed’ in Chad
“If I can draw you in a little because I’m familiar, then that’s great. As long as [you] end up looking at them, that’s the point.” — Angelina Jolie on the power of celebrity.
Here are some of the highlight’s from Angelina Jolie’s recent trip to a camp housing Darfur refugees in Chad via Newsweek:
…But you do have photographers following you now. It took me a while to agree to do it. I guess I saw that so many times the picture comes before the knowledge and the substance and I certainly didn’t want to do that to myself or the organization. And also, I really just was shy. I was shy about sitting on the floor and talking to a woman and having a camera take a picture because I thought it was making less of my conversation with her. But… I was changed by the faces of the people I saw. “It is something that I am incapable of describing…those faces and that place and those people. And so I think it’s just—let the people speak for themselves through the camera. And if I can draw you in a little because I’m familiar, then that’s great. Because I know that at the end you’re not looking at me, you’re looking at them.
Do you still go with so few people? I can’t believe you take no one with you… I take no one. I [go] by myself on a commercial plane and into the field with my backpack.
You still do that? Yes, I just did that on my last trip. I met the photographer there.
In the camp? No, in the airport. We didn’t even realize we were on the same flight. We landed at like midnight and got up at like 5 in the morning to catch the WFP [World Food Program] plane [to a town near the camp].
People will look at these pictures of you in Chad and ask, “What can I do?” What should they do? There are great NGOs like SOS [Austria's SOS Kinderdorp] and there are great NGOs inside and under the U.N. that you could send aid to. It’s important for the American people to know that a lot of people believe—I certainly believe—that it has been their outcry and their interest that has motivated our government. I think that the American people have paid attention to Darfur—a really amazing groundswell of people that really care, and are moved and emotional about the things they’ve seen when it is brought to their attention.
For the very first picture of Angelina Jolie from this trip in Chad, CLICK HERE!
For Angelina Jolie’s full interview with Newsweek, CLICK HERE!
For two videos of Angelina Jolie in action in Chad, CLICK HERE!
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been crying since last night.i will always love u anjie!and papa pitt too.and shi and mad and zee and the other one.
Well said jean…well said. Guess what, a hater will always be a hater no matter how you present the facts in front of them. They will not grasp it because it is beyond them. If they accept the fact then they lose.
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malaya Says
“They say history has proven time and again, that only a bloody revolution can bring democracy to a nation.”
Sorry I read what I wrote again, and its a sweeping statement and it might be misconstrued. I’m referring to change of gov’t, political system or form.
good morning jared!and everyone.
litshi!wa hapen to my post!
Brad & Angelina: A Family Found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MyJdY1-Vk8&mode=related&search=
well, last thing i forgot to say to queenbee, they are not smocking crack!!! ……crack is whack!!!! maybe u shld listen to whitney.
91 malaya Says:
March 11th, 2007 at 8:21 am - flag comment
Brilliant post!!
Magandang gabi sa iyo!
Natanggap mo ba yoong litrato ng poging apo ko?
Boring…………………………………
And she is definitely looking worse and worse……..all bones and skin.
Where the hell is the good-looking exotic Angie???
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black Says:
are you Mia Black from bradforums?
my posts are missing
jared,you made me scared.thanks…as always.
79 nice Says:
March 11th, 2007 at 7:11 am
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Good evening out there! You’re the young nursing college pinay girl there in the Philippines. How’s your nursing schooling? Nice to see your post once in a while.
Say hi for me to all your co pilipina classmates/friends who are BAMZS fans.
Hey anustin, did you get my grandbaby Little Bradley’s pic?
Hi jjoy, I saw your post in the last thread that you got the pic. Thanks
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING TO ALL BAMZS FANS POSTERS!!
SUNDAY GREETINGS TO ALL THE BAMZS FANS AROUND THE WORLD!!
Hello to freidaflo & Observer2 … missing your posts!
…..and many forgets that Angelina is only 31 years old. A very young woman that has experienced life with a zealous quest for knowledge, driving her to be years ahead in her life experience ahead of people twice her age.
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black Says:
March 11th, 2007 at 9:31 am - flag comment
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That is the only thing you have to say about a Good Will’s ambassator mission for UN in Chad. You are so bright!! :roll:
And what a bad looking woman indeed.
http://buzznet-00.vo.llnwd.net/media/jj1/2007/03/angelina_jolie_chad/angelina-jolie-chad-04.jpg
Hey Ritzy and your other alters give it up already. Brad will never be yours. Just suck it up!! :lol:
I think what she’s doing is great and inspiring. I don’t get why anyone would want to tear her down for her it. she’s been doing this for the last 6 years and she doesn’t plan on stopping. I believe she is 100 % Completely commited to her work. Go Angie!
If this is boring you go find a thread about lohans hair or the olson twins new hand bags. ugh!
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malaya Says:
March 11th, 2007 at 8:21 am - flag comment
One, I think the economic superpowers are playing a waiting game until all the important players have established their claims. With France and China heavily involved in the oil exploration claims and we know who China is very friendly with, there’s too much at stake as far as the first world nations are concerned more than enforcing justice and pushing the Sudanese gov’t to go after Arab militias. Why are the US and EU wary to step in? Its a deafening silence. The Darfur situation has reached a point when military intervention might be the only solution left. I really hope the EU would take an active role and not wait for the US to initiate the first step.
Two, the AU and UN are still somehow divided to the issue. I think it pertains most to the AU because I don’t think there’s anyone in the African Union who has the political will to condemn Sudan and really forced the hand of the Khartoum leaders to go after the Arab militias.
Third, I hope those nations that has the military powers and logistics to spearhead intervention would step up and not wait for the US. The US leadership is too preoccupied with Iraq and I don’t think the anyone is willing to rock the boat with the upcoming elections. I think there are still some people in Capitol Hill who are wary with might be another Somalia situation.
Sudan is too divided as a nation. To attempt to unify the North and South is an act of futility w/ the leadership not only deaf but what’s worse blood thirsty reactions to the grievances of those marginalized. They say history has proven time and again, that only a bloody revolution can bring democracy to a nation. But the injustice in this crisis is that those that are being unfairly treated, are not even given a chance to fight for their rights. This war is definitely not fair to all. And the worst is that this is being played out right before our eyes…….
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Malaya, I’ve read what you’ve got to say and I agree that in the game for oil and resources, France and China are not keen to have intervention. You would think though that peace in the region would greatly benefit the countries in their search for oil. At the end of the day, look at Nigeria and Aceh, Indonesia. You can find oil but if extraction/transportation of oil is always subject to attacks, it cannot be good for business.
It is just so frustrating for me. I’m old enough to remember the murders in Cambodia by Pol Pot and his henchmen and how the world stood quietly by. To see this repeated …. All I can do is donate and write to the powers that be.
On a lighter note, looking at these photos and photos from Newsweek, I’ve come to the conclusion it really is difficult to take a bad photo of Angelina.
And she is definitely looking worse and worse……..all bones and skin.
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Maybe she’s sick
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black Says:
March 11th, 2007 at 9:31 am - flag comment
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That is the only thing you have to say about a Good will ambassador’s mission for UNCHR in Chad?? Oh you are so bright.. :roll:
And what a bad looking woman indeed. LMAO!!
http://buzznet-00.vo.llnwd.net/media/jj1/2007/03/angelina_jolie_chad/angelina-jolie-chad-04.jpg
Ain’t it great that Brad wants her like she is??
Give it up Ritzy and your alters. Brad will never be yours. Just suck it up!! :lol:
109 black
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2 fatso !!!
She might as well quit action, and do this full-time.
109 black
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I really wonder about your own size. For your health sake, please stop being a couchy potatoe and move those butts.
From where I come from, marjority of the people in my community are sized like Angie — slim, slender and health conscious. Many cyclists and runner in my neighbourhood. They do not stuff any food lying around into their mouth. Very consciously watching what food we put into our mouth.
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[anustin] Stop fronting, you’re od fake.
Its amazing how anyone can say anything negative about her. she makes it Impossible.
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