Anthony Edwards on Jogging, Filmmaking and Philanthropy – Jenny Halper interviews

Upon finishing his eight year starring stint on television’s popular ER series, Anthony Edwards took his wife and children on a trip around the world. While they were visiting Kenya, Edwards went for a jog with a young Masai Warrior named Lettura. “That jog sparked an idea,” says Edwards. “I thought, if Lettura loves running, why doesn’t he come to run the marathon in New York?” And that thought sparked the idea for a documentary about dual assimilations. With good friends behind the camera, Edwards returned to Kenya to record his own eye-opening interactions with Lettura’s family and friends, and Lettura’s journey to New York City, where he ran his first marathon and, in doing so, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars towards building a children’s hospital in Kenya.

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