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Ep 62: Conviction- A Voice for the Wrongfully Accused (with Jia Wertz)

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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 filmmaker
  • What the catalyst was to start her career as a filmmaker
  • How she met Jeffrey Deskovic
  • Conviction the documentary
  • Jeffrey's life after he got exonerated
  • The creative process from making a documentary
  • What is creativity?
  • 3 lessons Jia learned in the process of making the documentary

Conviction(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

Instagram: @hellobeyoutifulpodcast

Hello BeYOUtiful's Facebook Community: @hellobeyoutifulpodcast

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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 filmmaker
  • What the catalyst was to start her career as a filmmaker
  • How she met Jeffrey Deskovic
  • Conviction the documentary
  • Jeffrey's life after he got exonerated
  • The creative process from making a documentary
  • What is creativity?
  • 3 lessons Jia learned in the process of making the documentary

Conviction(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

Instagram: @hellobeyoutifulpodcast

Hello BeYOUtiful's Facebook Community: @hellobeyoutifulpodcast

  continue reading

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