In the same year, his autobiography, also called Warchild was published by Little Brown. The film, Warchild, won 12 prestigious film festival awards worldwide. In 2008 a full-length documentary on his life was released. In 2012 Emmanuel was made a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum and continues to speak at high level conferences for Rotary International, the G20 summit, One Young World and Richard Branson’s Virgin Unite conference on Necker Island. Emmanuel continues to support and work alongside Amnesty International as one of their main spokespeople.įor his outstanding commitment to peace building, Jal has been awarded the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent 2018, Desmond Tutu Reconciliation Award 2017, Hero in the global campaign against violent extremism – UNESCO 2016, The Hunt Humanitarian Award, The Dresden Peace Prize and The Common Ground Award amongst others. He has been involved with the British Council, Amnesty International, Oxfam, and the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security. Emmanuel has also appeared as the adult lead in the major motion picture Africa United a Pathé, UK Film Council and BBC Films presentation in association with Warner Bros, released in October 2010.Įmmanuel is in demand as a speaker and has addressed the UN, US Congress, the Carter Centre and the highest tiers of several governments. The film made its debut to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival before being released in October 2014.
Emmanuel co-starred with Reese Witherspoon in the Warner Brothers motion picture, The Good Lie which tells the story about the journey of four young Sudanese refugees (based on The Lost Boys of Sudan) who win a lottery for relocation to the United States.
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