The concept began when, after graduating from LAFS, Lexton asked his mother, Mary Shuttleworth, what he could do for her in return for putting him through film school. As the founder and principal of Mary’s Schoolhouse and Shuttleworth Academy, both private schools operated by Shuttleworth Leadership Society Int., as well as the Director of Youth for Human Rights Int. she could have asked for a lot of things. But her passion for human rights education was strongest. Lexton conceived of a simple story that could be put to film, to help Shuttleworth achieve her dream.

One of her requirements however, was that the film by truly international in scope. Lexton, ever a world traveler, happily accepted. Thus the Youth for Human Rights Int. World Educational Tour was born. In coordination with the Human Rights Department of the Church of Scientology International, the mother and son team left Los Angeles together, and set out to meet educators, political leaders, religious dignitaries, and thousands of children around the world, and introduce them to their human rights through the use of a simplebooklet, “What are Human Rights?” This booklet breaks down the ultra formal text of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights into a language that a fourth grade child can understand, and has been translated into more than 20 languages. All along the way, Lexton documented the 35-day marathon tour.

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