00:01Speaking at an event in Manila, Hollywood actor and director Angelina Jolie recalls how a trip to Cambodia to film
00:07a movie became the beginning of a lifelong relationship with the country.
00:11At the ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit on Wednesday, November 11, Jolie tells the story of how she made a home
00:17of the little country.
00:19When she was filming Lara Croft Tomb Raider, she says she encountered people who were warm, generous, and extraordinarily welcoming.
00:26Then, during a return visit when she volunteered at a school with Cambodian children, she says,
00:32I had this thought as clear as day that my son is here and I have to find him. And
00:36then I met Maddox.
00:38Maddox was just 7 months old when Jolie adopted him from an orphanage in Batambang, northwestern Cambodia, in March 2002.
00:46Now 25, Maddox also followed his mother into filmmaking, including working with her on First They Killed My Father, a
00:53film about the country of his roots.
00:55The actress also shares plans to bring her creative venture, Atelier Jolie, to Cambodia.
01:01The initiative provides spaces for artists and craftspeople to connect with each other in international markets.
