Ep 62: Conviction- A Voice for the Wrongfully Accused (with Jia Wertz)
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English - November 19, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Health & Fitness Mental Health coaching life coach intuitive coach mindset coach attachment theory energy personal responsibility personal growth life coaching personal development Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In today's episode, Samantha Speaks with Jia Wertz. Jia is a documentary filmmaker and a featured writer for Forbes. After leaving behind a 20 year of working in the corporate fashion industry. She met her husband and moved to the United States. While they were living in the States, she got a fantastic job offer in the fashion industry, but she asked herself the question: 'Am I going to be happy doing this in my day to day life?' The answer was "no".
Samantha and Jia are talking about how Jia got into the film industry. How she met Jeffrey Deskovic and about the creative process of filming a documentary.
Tune in if you want to hear a story about how quickly your life can change, when you ask yourself the right questions and trust the answer within.
We talk about:
her career before she started as a filmmakerWhat the catalyst was to start her career as a filmmakerHow she met Jeffrey DeskovicConviction the documentaryJeffrey's life after he got exoneratedThe creative process from making a documentaryWhat is creativity?3 lessons Jia learned in the process of making the documentaryConviction(2020) is a short documentary about the wrongful arrest, conviction, and later exoneration of Jeffrey Deskovic. Jeffrey served 16 years before he was exonerated by DNA evidence.
Conviction is available to stream for FREE at Amazon prime.
Mentioned in this episode:
Book: The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472, by Ruben Carter
Ep 61: From Toxic Relationships and Trauma to Manifesting Love & Abundance
Documentaries:
Central Park 5 and West Memphis Three.
Connect with Jia Werts:
Website: www.jiawertz.com/
Instagram: @jiadocs
FB Group: @ConvictionDocumentary
Connect with Samantha Ruberto:
Website: www.samantharuberto.com
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