Angelina Jolie asks Burmese people to vote in upcoming elections; works with son Maddox in Cambodian film
In a voter awareness campaign video for the Burma's upcoming historic elections, Angelina Jolie Pitt has appeared to urge the Burmese people to take part in making history.
The Hollywood actress tells the people of Burma to check voter lists and make sure that they and members of their families are on the list and are registered to vote. "Make sure your name is on the list so you can vote on election day," she says.
The video was released by the Burmese government's electoral body, wherein Jolie Pitt says she saw a lot about the elections and how the campaigns affect the country as a whole, thus she is encouraging the people to exercise their rights to vote and be one of the people who will make history on Nov. 8.
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Jolie Pitt is the U.N. refugee agency's special envoy to Burma, and during her July visit, she was able to talk to various families who have been displaced by the wars going on in the northern Kachin state.
According to the Time Magazine, Jolie Pitt was able to meet President Thein Sein and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Meanwhile, the award-winning actress has also recently met up with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss a movie she's filming, which is based on the memoirs of author and human-rights activist Loung Ung. The movie is entitled "First They Killed My Father."
According to People, Jolie Pitt will be working on set with his first and adopted child Maddox Chivan, now 14. The actress says she believes that allowing her son to be involved in her Cambodia ventures will be a "very important time for him to understand who he is. She also mentioned that the filming is a good time for the entire family to understand everything that means not just to them but to Maddox, who was born to Cambodian parents.
"He is my son but he is also a son of Cambodia...My desire to tell this story in the most truthful and accurate way possible will be my tribute to the strength and dignity of all Cambodian people," she said.
