Machine Gun Preacher
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(BIRD CALLING)
(CRASHING)
(MEN SHOUTING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
(CHAOTIC SCREAMING)
(GUNFIRE)
(SCREAMING, GUNFIRE CONTINUES)
(WOMAN WAILING)
(MAN CONTINUES
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(MAN SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(WHIMPERING)
(MAN SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(WOMAN WAILING)
(MAN SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(CHILD SCREAMS, ECHOES)
(LOW-TEMPO MUSIC)
(DOOR CLANKS, BUZZES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MAN: Here you go.
Y’all go fuck
yourselves now, OK?
(WOMAN MOANING)
(BOTH PANTING)
– Give me a smoke.
– I don’t got any.
What? You quit?
Shit. That ain’t gonna last.
(CHATTERING)
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
Daddy!
Hey, bug. How you doing?
Did you see our sign? Grandma
and me made it this morning.
Yeah. It’s real nice.
Welcome home, son.
– Excited?
– Yep.
– Want some juice?
– Yep.
WOMAN: All right, then you
help me set the table.
I made you all a meat loaf.
– Hope you’re staying for
supper.
– WOMAN: Oh, I don’t know.
– What time you gotta work?
– Want me to warm up
the corn for you?
– Yeah. That’d be great.
– OK.
I ain’t on tonight.
What? Friday night,
you ain’t on?
What the hell is that?
Baby, why don’t you go
bring out the chair?
That cocksucker Mark better
be givin’ you your time
or I’m gonna go over there
and bust in his teeth.
Why ain’t there no beer?
WOMAN: I ain’t dancing
no more, Sam.
Quit a couple of weeks ago.
Got a job over at Freemont.
Are you telling me the truth
or is this a joke?
Pick up a second shift
every now and then,
weekends if I want ’em.
It’s good money.
Good money?
What, are you stupid, woman?
You quit stripping?
To pack fucking mushrooms
– at Freemont?
– Sam.
SAM: Ma, keep your mouth shut!
They’re good to me over there,
Sam. They got daycare for Paige,
medical at the end of the
year.
I’ll tell you
what you’re gonna do.
You’re going back
to the Bunny Hop
and you’re gonna get
that cocksucker to give
you your old slot back.
You wanna go outside
and ride your bike?
– No, Sam.
– The fuck you ain’t.
You’re gonna get your ass back
up there and make your tips.
– It ain’t right.
– Fuck are you talking about?
I ain’t dancing no more
because it ain’t right
in the eyes of God.
– He don’t want me
doing that no more.
– Oh, you’ve found God now?
– That’s what this is?
– He found me.
– Don’t give me that bullshit!
– He’s there for you, too, baby.
You’re a fucking junkie stripper
and you know it.
Not no more. God helped me
change while you was away.
Get your hands off me.
You can’t keep going
the way you’ve been going!
(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
♪ Ooh yeah ♪
(CHATTERING)
– Hey!
– What’s going on?
Hey, Big Dave.
How’s it going, buddy?
(MAN LAUGHING)
What the fuck?
Crazyhorse,
there he fucking is!
– Donnie.
– It’s about time, man.
– Holy shit!
– Figured you must be rolling
out sometime soon. Man.
– WOMAN: Look at you.
– How you doing, boy?
– I’m doing.
– Yeah? Let me get you.
You look no worse for the wear.
– I’m all right.
– Yeah?
You make any
new friends in there?
Funny fucker.
(LAUGHS)
Hey, your old lady ain’t
at the Bunny Hop anymore.
What’s going on?
– Bitch found Jesus.
– No way.
Better him than
the milkman, right?
– Not so sure about that.
– Yeah, right?
Glad to have you back.
– That’s sweet.
– That’s Jackie. Let’s go.
Hey, here’s to you.
Quit fucking around.
– (GROANS)
– What, you want a taste?
– Fuck yeah.
– All right. Get moving.
Come on, let’s go.
Careful.
– Crazyhorse. Crazyhorse.
– SAM: Crazyhorse.
(ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES)
♪ I ain’t good for nothin’ ♪
♪ I put a man
six feet in a hole ♪
♪ Ooh, Saturday night
special ♪
(MUSIC FADES)
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
(TELEPHONE CONTINUES)
(VOMITS)
(PANTING)
(TOILET FLUSHES)
(ORGAN PLAYING CHURCH HYMN)
♪ Down at the cross
where my Savior died ♪
♪ God’s righteous
nature was satisfied ♪
♪ There to my sin
was the blood applied ♪
♪ Glory to His name ♪
♪ Glory to His name ♪
♪ Glory to His name ♪
♪ There to my sin
was the blood applied ♪
♪ Glory to His name ♪
(GARGLING)
♪ Glory to His name ♪
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
– Cold.
– It’s right up here.
Open up, man! You there?
Shit!
– Come on, man, open up.
– (POUNDING ON DOOR)
Fuck are you, man?
It’s just me, man. Come on,
let me in. It’s fucking cold.
– I don’t know you.
– Yeah, you do.
We were hanging out the other
day. I’m Bobby’s friend.
Fuck is Bobby?
Man, get your cracker ass…
OK, have it your way.
(GUN COCKS, SHOOTS)
Shit!
– (GUNSHOTS CONTINUE)
– (ALL SHOUTING)
Fuck that.
Where you going?
Fuck are you running from,
pussy? Huh? Huh?
Piece of fucking shit!
You wanna fuck with me?
I’ll smash
your fucking skull in!
MAN: I’ll give you
whatever you want!
SAM: I’ll smash
your fucking skull in!
MAN: I’ll give you
whatever you want!
SAM: Tell me where
the fucking shit is!
I’ll blow your nigger brains
all over this fucking floor!
– It’s in there! It’s in there!
– Get it! Get a fucking move on!
Piece of shit!
– Get a fucking move on!
– All right. OK.
– Hurry the fuck up!
– MAN: Be cool, be cool.
Fuck, it’s the shit, man. Fuck.
Be cool, man. Be cool.
– Oh, shit. That’s nice.
– MAN: Whatever you want, man.
Give me the cash.
Give me the fucking cash!
– All right!
– Fucking nigger bitch.
– All right!
– MAN: Be cool, man!
Piece of shit.
– Whoo! Yeah!
– (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
That was some crazy shit.
That was pretty fun.
That was pretty fun.
Where’d the fucking ashtray go?
Shit, Donnie. Your car
is a mess. You gotta clean
this shit up.
Yes, stick me, baby.
– I’m ready to take off.
– Get a wake up?
I want to hit this. I’m going
a hundred miles an hour.
– This is some good shit.
– Fucking levitate!
– OK. Be still now, baby.
– I’m still.
I’m still as a cucumber.
Yup. Find it?
We good?
– Get the whip.
Get the whip you…
– Got the whip.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoo!
You got it! You got it.
I feel the need!
– The need for fucking speed.
– Motherfuck.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
– Look at this sorry fucker
over here.
– SAM: I see him.
– Should we pick him up?
– SAM: Pull over.
– DONNIE: My good deed
for the day.
– SAM: Yeah.
– Come on, bro!
– Come on. Come on.
Fucking cold as hell.
Wait, wait.
Shit.
Fuck. Cold enough
for you out there, boy?
Yeah.
– Where you going, man?
– Dunshore.
That’s up there
past Muncy, right?
– Yeah.
– We can take you as far
as McClure.
Take me to Dunshore.
We ain’t going to Dunshore.
We said we can take you as far
as…
– Fucker! What the fuck!
– Keep driving,
or I’ll cut his
fucking throat.
Take that
fucking blade off him!
Dunshore or I cut his
fucking throat.
Take that
fucking blade off him!
Chill out.
– No! Shit!
– Slow the fuck down.
(ALL SHOUTING)
What the fuck?!
DONNIE: What are you doing?
SAM: Pull over!
(SAM PANTING)
Help me.
– WOMAN: Good.
Wanna try it again?
– PAIGE: Yep.
OK. Let’s try it one more time.
– Pledge allegiance
to the flag…
– To the flag,
BOTH: …of the
United States of America.
And to the republic
for which it stands…
– WOMAN: One nation.
– PAIGE: One nation.
– WOMAN: Under God.
– PAIGE: Under God.
Indivisible with liberty
and justice for all.
He coming or ain’t he?
I don’t know.
WOMAN: Honey, you ready?
I don’t got no good shoes, Lynn.
Oh, baby, He don’t care what
kind of shoes you’re wearing.
MAN: He breathes His spirit
into the darkness,
and He makes something good.
He sees our shadow and
He says, “Let there be light.”
The point of receiving
God’s word is life.
Life upon life, and to accept
the blood of Jesus,
that is life upon life
upon life.
– Praise be to God.
– (CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
Praise be to God.
In Mark it talks about John
the Baptist, how he went about
baptizing the water.
But John says there’s coming one
after me who’s mightier than I.
I’m unworthy to even unlace
the thong of His sandal.
I baptize the water,
but He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit.
So let us now proclaim
His saving Grace.
If there are sinners here today,
looking for God,
I want you to raise your hands.
Come on, raise them up high to
heaven.
Raise your hands and stand up.
Come on, now. Stand up.
Receive Jesus Christ as
your light and your savior.
Stand up!
Brother, I see it. I see that
look of doubt in your eye.
I know you’re thinking,
“I’m just too dirty a sinner.
He can’t forgive me.”
Yes, He can.
Yes, He can. You just knock
and be received. Come on now,
stand up.
Come on home to Jesus.
Yes, sir.
Stand up.
All right. All right.
Hallelujah.
We’re gonna wash away our sins
in the blood of the lamb.
We’re gonna baptize right now.
Come on down. Come on down
right now. Come on down.
– Everybody, come on down here.
– (GIRL SINGS “AMAZING GRACE”)
Yes. Come on down,
brother and son.
Praise be to God.
We’re gonna save
some folks tonight.
Yes, come on down now.
Come on, brother.
We’re gonna save you now.
Come on in. Yes, I want you to
cross your arms now.
Cross your arms. Yes.
– Stand right here. OK.
– (GIRL CONTINUES SINGING)
MAN: Upon your confession of
faith and your obedience to the
word of God
regarding His death,
burial and resurrection,
I do indeed baptize you in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ
for the remission of your sins.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Welcome home, brother.
Welcome home. You’re saved.
Hallelujah! Praise God!
Hallelujah!
♪ When we’ve been there ♪
♪ Ten thousand years ♪
♪ Bright shining as ♪
♪ The sun ♪
♪ We’ve no less days ♪
♪ To sing God’s praise ♪
♪ Then when we first ♪
– ♪ Begun ♪
– Sam.
Hey.
Here you go.
Thanks for the work.
Hey, you need me to stay on,
I can.
No, we’re gonna be
moving inside next week.
I’ll give you a call
if something breaks.
– You do good work.
– Thanks.
And out of the houses,
the rats came tumbling.
Brother rats, sister rats.
And husband rats
followed their little rat wives.
Till they came
to the ragin’ water
where they drowned
and lost their lives.
I don’t deal bikes. You might
have a better shot if you take
it over to Pitt.
– Or maybe down to Philly.
– I gotta sell it today.
WOMAN: I got something in Pitt.
But you gotta have
some college for that.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Well, well, well.
I was wondering when
I’d see you again, man.
How you doing, my brother?
– I’m doing.
– Yeah.
I missed you.
I heard you… found Jesus.
Yeah, a little bit.
Hallelujah.
Hey, Jackie.
Give me a mash and a Bud.
– Hey, Sam.
– Hey, Jackie.
You want something?
No. I’m good.
Hey, you know, that old Indian
didn’t die that night.
– What?
– Yeah, saw it on the TV.
Somebody picked the poor
bastard up and took him
to the emergency room.
(LAUGHS)
Can you believe that shit?
God was looking out for both
of us, I suppose, then.
Here’s to Him.
Yeah.
I didn’t hear you pull up.
No, I got Lynn’s car.
She broke down on you?
(SIGHS)
I sold her.
No fucking way, man.
Should have come seen
your old buddy first.
I know. I know.
You want a taste?
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
I’m sorry I’m late.
Gave blood over at Pitt.
It’s all I got.
MAN ON TV: We are tracking
what now looks like a tornado
outbreak
moving into eastern
Pennsylvania.
We’ve now confirmed two
tornadoes that touched down
– in the Harrisburg area.
– Two touched down
near Harrisburg.
Each storm is moving very fast,
moving northeast towards
Allentown,
Redding and Lancaster.
Paige.
Come on, Paige,
you gotta get up.
Wake up.
Come on, come on, come on.
Baby?
– Baby, what are you doing?
– (WIND HOWLING)
– (SCREAMS)
– I know.
(PAIGE CRYING)
(MAN ON TV CONTINUES)
– OK.
– Stand back.
(TV GOES OUT)
Get in.
Bug.
You hear me?
You hear me, bug?
– We’re going to play the game,
bug.
– Whale!
I’m thinking of a snail, bug.
I’m thinking of a whale.
Good job, bug. Good job.
You said whale.
I’m thinking of a pail.
You said pail.
I’m thinking of a tail.
Good job, bug.
(VOICE FADES) Good job.
(ALL SOUNDS STOP)
– (BIRDS CHIRPING)
– (HAMMERING SOUNDS)
Sam!
– Hey, Billy.
– BILLY: Tried ringing you,
but your phone’s down.
That damn twister touched down
eight places between here and
Noblesville.
Chewed up 600 homes
in Fulton County alone.
Got all the work you can handle
if you’re interested.
I’m interested.
But I’m putting my own crew
together.
We go 50-50 on the jobs.
You cover me
and any heavy machines I need.
BILLY: Sixty-forty till you
pay me back on the tools.
Then we go half
and you got a deal.
– I can still see.
– Keep them closed.
What are you doing,
Sam Childers?
– Ready?
– Yes.
– PAIGE: Yeah.
– Open them up.
PAIGE: Where are we?
We’re home, Paige.
– That’s ours?
– Go on, check it out.
Your room’s upstairs.
It’s the small one.
– SAM: That’s everything.
– LYNN: You get what’s in the
trunk?
Yep.
Lord, you are filthy,
Sam Childers.
– Who you calling filthy, woman?
– You.
– Now you’re filthier than I am.
– (LYNN LAUGHS)
– Come on, give me a little
shake.
– Mm, I don’t do that no more.
– Huh?
– Mm-mm.
Not even for your old man?
– Maybe just a little bit.
– There you go.
You’re naughty.
Come here.
(PIANO PLAYING CHURCH HYMN)
♪ There is power, power,
wonder-working power ♪
♪ In the precious
blood of the lamb ♪
Hallelujah.
Today we have a special guest.
It is my pleasure to present
to you Pastor Relling
from the Kilangire Christian
Mission in Uganda, Africa.
Pastor Relling.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
Thank you, Pastor Krause,
and thank you, brothers and
sisters,
for inviting me
into this house of the Lord.
I’m here today to talk to you
about your Christian brothers
and sisters,
families just like yours
half a world away that
desperately need your help.
Though they might
appear to be strangers,
living a life very different
from our own,
in God’s eyes,
every man is a brother.
And every soul is deserving
of your Christian charity.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Don’t move.
Be cool.
What the fuck, man?
What are you doing here?
I’m here for that boy
right there.
You gonna get
in the way of that?
(DONNIE MOANING)
Sammy, I can’t do it.
I can’t. I can’t.
God don’t make trash, boy.
He ain’t giving up on you,
so don’t you give up on Him,
you hear me?
What was wrong with her anyway?
Well, I don’t know.
They called it thrombosis.
And she couldn’t walk,
she couldn’t drive anymore.
But I think that prayer circle
made all the difference in the
world.
– LYNN: Now she can
get her hair done.
– That’s right.
Babe, why don’t you go grab
some more beans, will you?
You know, I was thinking
about that fella Sunday.
– What fella?
– That… Pastor Relling.
– WOMAN: Mm.
– The missionary fella.
– WOMAN: That’s a nice-looking
man.
– Oh, yeah, he talked funny.
Yeah, he’s just from a
difference place than us, baby,
that’s all.
SAM: I like what they’re doing
down there.
– It’s a good cause.
– Sure is.
I was thinking maybe I could
go over there. You know?
See what they got going on.
– Africa?
– Yeah.
– You mean like to help them?
– SAM: Yeah, why not?
Reckon they can do
with all the help they can get.
– Especially in construction.
– WOMAN: Oh, yeah.
– Well, that’s a good idea.
– Thought I’d go and do that.
LYNN: What about the business?
What about that job you got
going over in Boswell?
Job’s gonna be finished
in five days.
I’ll only be gone for a few
weeks, though. I’ll be back
before you know it.
WOMAN: That’s not so long,
we’ll be fine.
– Mm-hm.
– It’s not so long.
– Yeah? Yeah?
– It’s a nice idea, Sam.
(PEOPLE SINGING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
What are you?
Ugandan army or something?
SPLA. Sudanese People’s
Liberation Army.
Yeah, I don’t know that.
What’s that?
We are freedom fighters.
Well, hello, freedom fighters.
I’m Sam.
My name is Deng.
Deng? Nice to meet you,
Deng. Sam.
– Marco.
– Hey, Marco.
So, you boys busy or…
…maybe you can give me a hand
with the rubble.
No. I didn’t think so.
All right. Good.
Well, I’ll let you guys get back
to what you were doing.
But I’ll be seeing you around.
(GRUNTS)
Childers.
Some of us are going into
Kampala tomorrow night.
Try to find a little fun this
weekend. You wanna come along?
Actually, I was thinking
of going up north.
You crazy? There’s a civil war
going on up there.
I know.
Suit yourself.
– Hey, Deng, want a Coke?
– Yes.
– Here you go.
– Thank you.
You got a cool breeze
blowing through the shade here.
– It’s very hot today.
– Yeah.
I got a question for you.
I want to go
into Sudan this weekend.
Need someone to show me around.
You interested?
– The others
are going to Kampala.
– I know.
That ain’t my speed no more.
I wanna see some country.
You want to see?
– SAM: This thing go any faster?
– DENG: I wish it could.
Traveling is the most
dangerous time in Sudan.
If the rebels find us on the
open road, it would be very bad.
So where you from?
From a little village
called Aweil.
Many hours from here.
And you?
– Are you from New York City?
– No.
I ain’t no city boy.
I’m a hillbilly from
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.
That’s it. Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.
Is Aweil where your family is?
Not anymore.
My family was killed by the LRA.
The Muslim north has been
killing the Christians in the
south for over 30 years.
Two million of my people
lost their lives.
These people have been driven
from their villages.
But as you can see,
these camps are not much better.
Cholera and malaria
are everywhere.
Even here they are afraid
the LRA will attack at night.
(BOTH SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– Sorry, I will be right back.
– Of course.
Do what you gotta do.
Excuse me, you.
Black shirt. Come over here.
Please help me.
I need to transfer this woman
to the bed.
Grab her by her shoulders.
One, two…
– What do we have here?
– Trauma to the lips.
Can I have some gauze please,
for direct pressure.
(WOMAN WHIMPERING)
– What happened?
– Trauma to her lips.
What happened to her face?
She argued with the rebels
so they cut off her lips.
– These are Kony’s orders.
– Who’s Kony?
Who are you with?
I’m with Deng over there.
Which organization?
I’m with the Christian group
down in the south.
Just up here
taking a look around.
This isn’t a tourist
destination. This is a war zone.
If you stay here,
you’re going to get killed.
– Thank you for your help.
– Get the VT.
DENG: Some people say Kony’s
a wizard. A shape-shifter.
He calls himself a Christian,
but I say he’s Satan
who devours his own people.
So, Kony is the…
he’s the leader of the LRA?
Yes, he’s the one we’ve
been fighting for years.
But there’s very little
we can do.
Our weapons are old,
our boots full of holes.
We’ve been forgotten
by the whole world.
What are you doing here?
Excuse me?
What are you looking for
in this place?
I ain’t looking for nothing.
So… you get
your picture taken?
Go back to your life and
all this will be stories
you will tell your friends.
(SCOFFS) Yeah, maybe.
Hey, can I
take a look at that gun?
– You say she’s jamming on you?
– Mm-hm.
Yeah.
Yeah, that’s ’cause she’s full
of dirt. Dirt and grit.
You gotta strip her down
once a day. Keep her well oiled.
No wonder she’s jamming on you.
– Are you military?
– Hell no.
I just like my guns.
(PEOPLE SINGING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
DENG: The night commuters.
They come from deep in the bush.
Their parents send them out
because it’s safer to sleep here
than in their own homes.
Why?
Because death comes at night
into villages.
These are the lucky ones so far.
The ones the rebels haven’t
found yet.
Sam.
Come on! Get up, let’s go.
Come on, get up.
Let’s go. Get up.
Hey, get up. Let’s go.
Get a move on. Get up.
– Hey, come on. Get up.
– What are you doing?
Let’s go. Get up.
They ain’t sleeping out here.
Tell them they’re coming inside.
Come on, you all get up.
– Sam.
– Let’s go.
Sam. There are too many.
You can’t help them all.
Well, I can take
these ones here.
Yeah. Come on inside.
– (CHATTERING)
– Come on. Hurry up.
I’m coming.
Go on. Take a bed.
(DENG SPEAKS
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Sam.
Sam.
The LRA attacked a village
last night.
You said you wanted to see.
(CHATTERING)
(HORN HONKING)
(CHILDREN SOBBING)
(DOG BARKING)
(SOBBING)
You see any tigers over there?
No, I didn’t see no tigers.
Do they even have tigers
over there?
(SCOFFS) I don’t think so.
(TURNS ON WATER)
Did you go on a safari?
No. I ain’t go on no safari.
Come on. Let’s go to bed.
OK…
– There we go.
– I’m thinking of a plane.
No, no, come on.
You gotta get to sleep.
Come on, Dad, plane.
I’m thinking of a plane.
(SIGHS)
You said plane,
I’m thinking of a train.
You said train,
I’m thinking of a brain.
You said brain,
I’m thinking of a…
– Gotcha.
– OK, you got me. OK.
You could have said “drain” or
“mane,” like a horse’s hair.
– Sweet dreams, bug.
– Good night, Dad.
Good night.
PAIGE: I’m glad you’re home.
Coming to bed?
Yeah, in a bit.
Baby.
Baby.
What you doing?
Making plans.
– You been to bed yet?
– No.
I had a vision last night, Lynn.
I know it sounds crazy,
but God spoke to me.
Here. Take a look at this.
Come on, take a look.
– I’m going to build a church.
– A church?
Yeah. Right across the street.
But not a church like Faith
United or Calvary Fellowship,
you know.
A place that ain’t gonna turn
you away if you’re a prostitute
or a drug addict or something.
A place for sinners just like
me, but who want to hear the
word of God.
How you gonna pay for a church?
Well, we got money in the bank,
business is good, besides,
I own a construction company,
so I’m gonna give us one heck
of a good deal
– on the build.
– You’re crazy.
A little bit.
Now, here, take a look at this.
– (CLEARS THROAT)
– What is that?
That’s the orphanage
that I’m gonna build.
In Sudan.
– Frank, make sure
that siding’s plumb.
– FRANK: All right, Sam.
(UP-TEMPO MUSIC)
♪ I witness ♪
♪ I see the cross
up on Mount Calvary ♪
♪ His light still
shines in you ♪
♪ His light still
shines in me ♪
♪ I witness ♪
– Sam.
– Yep.
It’s five till
and he ain’t here.
– Call him?
– Yeah, I called him.
Well, then call him again.
♪ You found me in darkness
and gave me sight ♪
♪ Your love and
Your glory are endless ♪
♪ Oh, yes,
You’re here with me ♪
♪ Guiding me with
Your true light ♪
♪ Build my heart
and make it right ♪
♪ Your love and
Your glory are endless ♪
♪ Your love and
Your glory are endless ♪
♪ Oh, Lord
You’re here with me ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS, CHEERS)
Thank you.
Now, you folks are sounding
pretty good up here.
I gotta say.
(WHISPERS) Sam.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Sorry. There we go.
– How’s that? Good?
– Good.
Well, I’d like to thank you all
for coming out today
for the first day of worship
here at Shekinah Fellowship
Church.
Thank you.
Never really been too keen
on talking in front of people.
But the guest speaker
that we had today, well,
he didn’t show up,
so I thought I would get up
and say a few words.
OK, well, lot of youse
knows me pretty good.
Knows I ain’t exactly
the best seed in the bunch.
Maybe you was wondering what
made me want to build this here
church.
I gotta tell you that standing
up here right now, I ain’t so
sure myself.
(SAM CLEARS THROAT)
But God don’t only call
the good.
I reckon every now and again
he calls us sinners, too,
and I was about as bad
as they come.
Bunch of years ago
I was in the woods.
I was running from
some pretty bad fellas.
Woods over there by Cleary.
And those old boys, they was
coming after me pretty hard.
Well, I reached in my bag. I was
looking for my old shotgun.
Well, it was gone.
And my mama had took it out
when I wasn’t looking,
and shoved this here bible
in there instead.
Yes, she did.
Well, I figured
I was pretty much done for,
so I sat down under an oak tree
with this useless book in my
hand and I just waited.
And then the strangest thing
happened.
Those boys, they just…
they ran right on past me.
They didn’t even see me
sitting there.
Now, the way I figure it,
things would have
turned out pretty different
if I pulled out that shotgun
instead of this here bible.
But, you know,
it got me thinking.
God is looking out for each
and every one of you, too.
And all you gotta do
is just open the door
and let him right on in.
ALL: Amen!
SAM: It’s OK, sweetie.
I’ll be back before you know it.
– You’re gonna miss my play.
– Mama can videotape it for me.
I gotta get.
You watch out for them
while I’m gone, buddy, OK?
That’s done, man.
(CHATTERING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
You came all the way here
to bring us some new boots?
OK, OK, OK.
OK, right here. Stop the car.
Stop the car.
DENG: Sam.
Sam, wait.
It’s not safe here.
This is it.
MAN: This is not a good idea.
I think it’s
a heck of a good idea.
It would be better a little
further south, towards Kampala.
If I wanted to be closer
to Kampala, I’d be closer
to Kampala.
– But I want to be right here.
– (MUTTERS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
What are you saying?
What’s he saying?
Said the north is very
dangerous.
Villages in this area are very
remote, Mr. Childers.
There’s nothing there.
Then I would think that them
people would need help the most.
This is a war zone,
Mr. Childers.
The LRA will kill you.
Look, I don’t think you
understand what I’m saying,
so let me make it
real clear to you.
I’m buying this land.
This is what can unite us.
Arabism cannot unite us.
Africanism that is opposed
to Orba cannot unite us.
Islam cannot unite us.
But Sudanism…
Sudanism can unite us
because it is a common factor.
(WOMAN SINGING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
I told you. Stay out of there.
You’ll get all dirty.
You sure you don’t want
to play someplace else?
– No.
– No. Come on.
– Sam.
– Yeah.
This is Betty.
She’s from Kotido.
– Hey, Betty. How are ya?
– I’m fine, how are you?
I’m OK.
DENG: She knows you need someone
to run the orphanage.
Yeah. I said stay out of there.
I’m looking for somebody to help
me keep the place in order.
– Look after things
while I’m away.
– She can do this.
And now, what about
the children?
Can she feed the children?
Fix them up when they’re sick?
– Can she do that?
– (SPEAKS FOREIGN WORD)
She’s hired.
Thank you.
You say your prayers
or something?
– I already did.
– (GRUNTS)
All right. Sweet dreams.
Ain’t you gonna read me a book?
No.
– Then let’s play a game.
– Yeah.
I’m thinking of a dog.
What about it?
– Never mind, Donnie.
– All right.
My dad usually gives me a kiss
on the forehead before he
leaves.
You can do that.
Yeah. Sure.
Night, Donnie.
DONNIE: Sweet dreams.
(MUSIC ON TV)
♪ Busy, busy,
everybody’s busy ♪
♪ Playing the game of life ♪
(MAN ON TV, INDISTINCT)
– (GUNFIRE)
– (MAN IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– How many are there?
– Around 20.
– Where are your men?
– Down there.
– Get me a gun.
– (MEN SHOUTING)
(SCREAMING)
Take this. We got to get
everyone back to the church.
That’s our best shot.
I’m going to get the kids.
Cover me.
– (CHILDREN SCREAMING)
– (PEOPLE SHOUTING)
Betty! Betty, bring them
to the church! Come on!
– (SAM, IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– (CHILDREN CRYING)
Shh. Shh.
Come on.
Tell them to stay together.
Stay close.
Come on.
– MAN: Get down!
– (MUFFLED VOICES)
– (SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– (CHILDREN SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
OK, get in the corner.
Get in the corner.
(CHILDREN CRYING)
Get in the corner.
Get in the corner.
Come on, children.
Come on, come on.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Hello?
– SAM: Hey, it’s me.
– You OK?
It’s all gone. All of it.
They burned it down.
Nothing left.
Where are you?
– Nimule.
– It’s a test, Sam.
I can’t do it no more, Lynn.
It’s over.
– Sam.
– Yeah.
Can you hear me?
Yeah, I can hear you.
Them kids have had their whole
lives burned to the ground and
worse.
How many of them
you see giving up?
God gave you purpose,
Sam Childers.
Now, get off your butt, stop
your crying and build it again.
You hear me?
(SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Now, cut it all down.
So they got nowhere to hide.
Up. Down.
SAM: All right, outfielders.
Now, stay nice and spread out.
– Hey, what’s this?
– (CHILDREN CHATTERING)
No patty cakes.
None of that.
You’re shortstop. You’re here.
Don’t move.
Poppy, you ready?
Remember what I said?
– Put your right hand there,
left hand there.
– (BOYS LAUGH)
You, swing through.
There you go.
Yeah?
– You look great, Poppy.
– Yeah.
You look great.
Matak, pay attention.
– Ready to pitch?
Is everybody ready?
– Yes.
Everybody ready, outfield?
All right.
Let’s play baseball.
All right, Matak. Nice and easy.
Give me a pitch.
What are you doing?
Don’t kick the ball.
What are you doing?
It’s supposed to be baseball.
(HORN HONKING)
(MEN IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
SAM: What happened?
There was an attack
outside Adjumani.
(GIRL CRYING)
(BOTH SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– What’s she saying?
– She’s asking what she did
wrong.
You didn’t do nothing wrong.
She wants to know
if you are the preacher.
I’m the preacher.
You tell her
she’s going to be OK.
(TAPPING)
– Where you going?
– Adjumani.
Sam. Sam, please wait.
No, I ain’t waiting around
no more for this to happen.
See what waiting gets you?
(MAN SHOUTS)
(GRUNTS)
(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Marco, no! Marco!
Don’t fire that thing!
There’s kids behind the truck!
RPG!
You OK?
(MAN IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
It’s OK.
No.
(WOMAN SINGS IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FAINTLY)
(CHILDREN JOIN IN SINGING)
(SINGING CONTINUES)
Hey, buddy.
Ain’t you gonna say nothing?
I’ll see you later.
– See you have a bodyguard.
– Guess I do.
Take care of things
while I’m gone, OK?
– DENG: I will, Preacher.
– SAM: All right.
You can’t come with me, buddy.
Come on.
(IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
William.
SAM: In your actions,
you give service to the Lord.
He’s not interested in your good
intentions, your good thoughts.
No, He wants your backs.
Your hands.
Your sweat.
Your blood to pour into the
foundation that will build up
His kingdom!
– ALL: Amen!
– Amen!
– What do you think?
– I think it’s great.
We started daycare last month.
Monday through Friday
from eight to two.
Sundays after first worship for
a few hours if anybody needs it.
I’m thinking maybe
we could set up a playground.
Some swings, some things
that kids can climb on.
No, we can’t build anymore.
Not for a while.
– You said Sundays
has been full.
– Yeah, it’s been full,
but that doesn’t mean people
are giving money like today.
You know, economy’s slow,
construction business is slow.
Times is tight.
Be good for them kids, Lynn.
Yeah, well, they got the
playground over at Cairnbrook,
and they can play at the school
on the weekends if they want.
No, no. No,
I’m talking about Africa.
MAN: What I heard, you built
yourself one hell of a church
over there in Central City.
SAM: Yeah, we set it up pretty
good, but we still got a ways to
go.
Anyways, Bill, the reason
I called you, the reason
I’m here is because
I wanted to talk to you
a little bit more about
our outreach program.
You know, the thing we’re doing
over there in Africa.
Of course, I know about
what you’re doing over there.
I mean, hell of a thing, Sam,
helping out those kids.
God bless you.
Thank you, Bill.
I appreciate that. I do.
But I gotta be straight with
you. We are hurting for money.
Now, if we had the support
of good people like yourselves,
sure would help things go
a lot smoother over there.
Sam. Everybody around here
is feeling the pinch.
I hear that, Bill. I do.
But if you once could see what
it is we’re doing down there…
It’s about more than the money.
And I ain’t asking for a lot.
How much are you looking for?
– Five thousand dollars is all.
– Jesus Christ, Sam.
– Five thousand dollars?
– Come on, Bill.
That ain’t hardly gonna put you
out there on the street now,
– is it?
– Well, that’s not the point.
And that’s gonna keep them doors
open for another six months.
Look around here.
People are losing their jobs
left and right.
It’s tough to go asking
for five thousand dollars
for a bunch of African children
halfway around the world.
Bill, I understand
that we got problems right here,
but this is
a different kind of problem.
– Different, how?
– That orphanage
is the last hope these kids got.
Now, with that kind of money,
we can feed them kids,
house them kids,
buy me a new generator,
which is sorely needed.
I gotta tell you,
Bill, you would be saving
a hell of a lot of lives.
All right. Here’s what I’ll do.
I’ll see what I can come up
with.
– OK.
– All right.
– OK, Bill.
– OK.
Hey, why don’t you bring
the family over next Sunday.
We’re having a little bit
of a barbecue.
(UP-TEMPO MUSIC)
Well, come on in. You all must
be the Childers, welcome.
I am Shannon,
Bill’s ball and chain.
– I’m Lynn. This here is Paige.
– Good to meet you.
(LAUGHS) There he is.
Hey, Sam,
glad you all could make it.
– Oh, who’s this
lovely young lady?
– This is Paige.
I’ll tell you what.
You come on in here
and you meet some people.
This is the gentleman
I was telling you about.
(MEN SINGING IN SPANISH)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
(INAUDIBLE)
Sam. There you are.
A little something
for the kids up there.
What we were
talking about earlier.
– Thank you, Bill.
– Yeah, don’t mention it.
– Why are we leaving so soon?
– Get in the car.
– Is everything all right?
– Thank you.
What is wrong?
Son of a bitch
is crying poor-mouth to me,
and he’s living
in a damn Taj Mahal.
I asked him for $5,000 to feed
a bunch of motherless babies,
and you know what he gave me?
One hundred and fifty bucks.
He spent more than that
on salsa for his party.
We are locked
in a fight with the devil.
Now, I can’t do this on my own.
I can’t take the pressure and
the pain and the loneliness.
I need each one of you
to back me up.
And I need you all
to bring your game.
– And the Lord
will raise you up!
– ALL: Hallelujah!
– Hallelujah!
– ALL: Hallelujah!
If we have to cut back,
then the devil has won.
And we don’t want
the devil to win, do we?
ALL: No!
I’m sorry, but $2,500 is the
best I can do for those guns.
Tell you what.
Throw in the car for five.
SAM: Almost there.
– (BETTY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– Hands over eyes.
Micrah, no cheating.
No cheating.
Just a little bit more.
OK, stop.
Open your eyes.
– (CHILDREN SCREAM IN DELIGHT)
– SAM: Yeah!
– Come on.
– (ALL LAUGHING, SQUEALING)
– BOY: Thank you.
– SAM: It’s all right.
(CHANTING)
It’s good to see the kids laugh.
Amen to that.
Listen, I would like to add
a few more guards to you
– during the day.
– Why?
Because Kony’s offering
money for your heads.
– Offering money for my head?
– Yes.
I must be doing
something right.
Don’t worry about it.
I can take care of myself.
He said anything yet?
All we know is that him and
his brother were taken by the
rebels.
– SAM: Where’s his brother?
– DENG: We don’t know.
You don’t want to go play
with the other kids?
You know, sometimes it helps
to tell somebody
what you got locked up inside.
(CHUCKLES)
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
I’ve done a lot of things
that I ain’t proud of.
Hurt a lot of people.
Truth is helping you kids
is about the only good thing
I’ve ever done in this life.
But I’m scared
that one day I’ll…
…close my eyes to all this
and make it somebody else’s
problem.
You got no idea
what I’m saying, do you?
Who’s that?
(SHOUTING) John Garang!
It’s our leader.
(EXCITED SHOUTS AND WHISTLES)
John Garang?
MAN: So they call you
the white preacher.
Is this what I should call you?
You can call me Sam.
I hear what you are doing for
the children of Sudan and I’m
grateful.
– I just wanted to see myself.
– Well, this is it.
We’ve got a couple hundred
with us here.
Feed another thousand a day,
nearby villages.
And you do this, and yet these
are not your people.
The struggle is not your own.
Yeah, well,
I’ve kinda made it my struggle.
Till someone else starts
fighting the fight for these
children,
then I’m the one
that’s gonna do it.
– You’re just stubborn,
aren’t you?
– As a mule.
I wish I had more men like you.
There are peace talks
scheduled for the end
of August in Naivasha.
I would like you
to come as my guest.
You know, talking about
peace in a room somewhere
is a waste of time
if you ask me.
You gotta go out and make it.
You speak what is on your mind.
I heard this about you.
Really? What else did you hear?
Well, I heard that you
don’t suffer fools.
And that you like a good fight.
– I heard you were taller.
– (JOHN LAUGHS)
So, you see,
we’re not so dissimilar, Sam.
You made the fight for these
children your struggle,
and I made the freedom
of Southern Sudan my struggle.
But part of my struggle
happens in these rooms.
I hear you.
So you so think maybe we
could convince you to come
to peace talks one day?
Maybe.
Should be coming up soon.
Anybody see anything?
Marco! See something?
MARCO: Nothing. Nothing.
I don’t know.
Should be around here.
You should pull over.
– DENG: The intel was very
clear.
– SAM: I don’t see nothing.
This is it.
No, wait, wait.
There. I got two.
Right there.
(WHISTLES)
Come on. Come on, it’s OK.
Come on.
OK, they ain’t moving.
A.J., Nineteen,
go get those kids.
Deng. Call camp, tell them
we’re coming back with two,
possibly injured.
(DENG SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Be careful.
Oh.
– (GUNSHOT)
– (GRUNTS)
(SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
What’d he say?
– What’s he saying?
– A.J. is dead!
(GUN COCKS, FIRES)
SAM: Tell him don’t move. OK?
– Don’t move!
– (DENG SHOUTS)
Stay down!
Ask him if he saw the shooter.
(SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– (GUN SHOT)
– (GLASS SHATTERS)
– (MAN REPLIES,
FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
– He did not see him.
(GROANS)
– You see him?
– He’s on the ridge,
within the rocks.
Can you reach the Mauser?
When I say go, I want you
to put all you got into those
rocks up there.
Ready?
Go!
DENG: I think you got him!
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Hello?
DONNIE: Sam, it’s me, man.
SAM: Donnie.
Is everybody OK?
DONNIE: Yeah, everybody’s
great, man. I’m just calling
to say hey, that’s all.
SAM: Hey.
– How are the girls?
– Oh, they’re doing great, man.
Yeah, Paige made us dinner
the other night.
Chocolate chip pancakes.
– SAM: By herself?
– Yeah.
All by herself. I mean,
I helped her with the stove.
But you know,
she mixed it all up.
They were real good, too.
So how’s it going over there?
– SAM: It’s going fine, buddy.
– Yeah?
Man, that must be wild. I’d like
to come over there sometime,
check it out, you know? Get the
hell out of here for a while.
That’d be nice.
See what that’s like.
Sounds good.
Hey, Sam,
can I ask you a question?
– Yeah.
– Do you really think…
…God’s gonna forgive us
for everything we done?
(CHATTERING)
Is that all
the soy mince we got?
They talk about you
in the camps.
The children.
They say there’s a white
preacher who hunts the LRA.
This place does not need more
guns, Mr. Childers.
I’m just trying to help these
people, same as you.
Don’t delude yourself. You’re a
mercenary, not a humanitarian.
I got 200 kids who are gonna
sleep safe tonight.
Right or wrong,
that’s all the reason I need.
That’s how it always starts.
With people thinking
that they’re killing
for the right reasons.
Why don’t you fight the evil
in this place your way,
– and let me fight it mine.
– They say you’re doing good,
that you have special powers.
You’re protected by angels
and can’t be killed by bullets.
They said the same thing about
Kony in the beginning, too.
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(MAN GRUNTS)
(MAN SHOUTS)
SAM: Hold your fire!
Hold your fire!
MAN: Preacher.
SAM: Let’s get them out of here.
Deng. Tell them that
we’re not going to hurt them.
OK, in the light. That’s good.
That’s good.
We don’t have room
for all of them.
– SAM: How many can we fit
in the truck?
– Twenty, 25 maximum.
What have we got, like 40?
OK. All right. You, you go.
You. You go. You, go.
– What are you doing?
– You. You go. You. You.
We gotta take as many as we can.
We gotta take the little ones
and the ones that are sick.
We’ll come back for the other
ones later.
Marco, Adeem. Take these ones
here on the truck.
We should call for backup.
We got no time.
We take the ones we can.
You, you go.
Yeah, you go. Go, go.
All right. You, stay, stay.
OK, tell the other ones
we’ll come back later.
– (CHILDREN CRYING)
– Tell them.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(CHILDREN SCREAMING)
Don’t come back
until you see my face.
Wait!
– Deng, hey!
– Get in here.
Tell them to hide. Don’t move
till they see my face.
Deng, get in!
I don’t have no more space.
I’ll be back in two hours.
Two hours, we’ll be back.
Marley, gas it up,
we’re leaving in five.
Sudan?
What are you doing over there?
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
♪ Dirty girl ♪
DONNIE: Hey, sorry, man. Sorry.
Sixteen was all backed up.
♪ Dirty girl ♪
Welcome home, buddy. Yeah.
You must be wiped out, man.
Yeah, I’m sorry, 16…
fucking mess.
Only assholes out
driving tonight.
Shut up. Shut up,
open your eyes, wake up.
Wake up, shut up!
You call yourselves the children
of God? Well, you ain’t.
No, y’all just sheep following
Him. Deaf, dumb and blind.
– But God don’t want sheep!
– MAN: Praise the Lord.
He wants wolves
to fight His fight!
ALL: Amen! Amen!
Men and women with teeth to tear
at the evil that is out there!
(ALL CHEERING)
The Lord’s prophets
are not men in fancy clothes.
They’re warrior prophets!
The men of conviction, who ain’t
afraid to pick up a sword
– and use it! Why not?
– (ALL AGREEING)
Soldiers willing to fight
against his enemy,
wherever they may be!
Soldiers willing to fight
to their last breath.
Hallelujah! Wake up!
SAM: I want you…
I want you to look at this.
– That’s a ten-year-old boy.
– MAN: Sam.
He had his arms cut off.
Just hacked off.
This is not necessary.
It’s not necessary.
Could you come back
in a minute, please.
– Here.
– Please.
Look, I only got one truck over
there. I need the money to get
another vehicle.
Now, I found this one in Kampala
that I can get.
– We took out a second
on your home.
– I got a real good deal…
Sam, we know what you’re doing
over there in Africa and we
support it.
But I’m telling you we cannot
give you any more money.
You don’t hear what I’m saying.
Look at this.
You’re completely leveraged.
– See this?
– Yes.
This girl watched
her family being killed,
– and then they set her on fire.
– This is not necessary.
No, no, no. John, just look
at… John. John, look at the
picture.
– I’m looking, Sam.
– Look at the picture.
Now, I ain’t asking for money
for a hot tub or a vacation
– or something like that.
– Company policy says…
I’m asking for an extra vehicle
so that I can save some
children, John, OK?
– Do you understand that?
– I do, but I’m telling you…
But nothing!
But nothing! Now, I need you
to get in your little book there
and do whatever it is you gotta
do to get me that car!
– You need to calm down.
– Don’t tell me to calm down!
PAIGE: Mary Strauss and them’s
having dinner at The Chimney.
– LYNN: Who’s her date?
– PAIGE: Tony Wilkes.
LYNN: I thought Tony Wilkes
was going with Patty Hobbes’
daughter.
– PAIGE: They broke up
last month.
– Mm.
WOMAN ON TV: Sudanese
opposition leader John Garang
has been killed
in a helicopter crash.
That’s according to
a statement released by
the Sudanese government
in Khartoum. Garang was hailed
as a peacemaker in Sudan
and was instrumental
in ending the 21-year civil war
that has ravaged that country.
– Dad.
– Six of Garang’s associates
and seven others also died
in the crash, which is being
blamed on bad weather.
PAIGE: What do you think about
us getting a limo for next
weekend?
Wouldn’t be too expensive
since there’d be six of us.
What do you think?
Hello? Earth to Dad.
Honey, you OK?
Well, heck,
I’ll just take you all.
We ain’t cramming in the back
of your Caprice.
Fit in there easy.
You’re little.
We got dresses, Donnie.
We’ll get all wrinkled.
Plus, it smells in there.
DONNIE: Yeah, I’ll squirt some
perfume. You’ll be all right.
PAIGE: Dad, what do you think?
Can we get a limo?
No.
Dad, please,
Patty and them’s getting one.
(GARBAGE DISPOSAL WHIRS)
We could probably get a deal
through one of Tom Hickey’s
boys.
Wouldn’t cost too much
between six of them.
You ain’t spending money
on no freaking limousine.
– But Dad…
– What the hell did I just say?
Honey, we’re just
talking about it.
Yeah, well, there’s too much
talk in this house.
I got mouths to feed.
You’re talking about
pissing money away on a limo.
But it’s my formal, Dad.
I don’t give a shit what it is!
OK, you ain’t getting no limo!
You love them black babies
more than you love me!
Watch your mouth, little girl,
before I slap it for you.
– Hey, hey.
– What the fuck are you doing?
– Take it easy, bro.
– Don’t tell me to take it easy
in my own fucking house!
All right? Now,
that ain’t your wife.
And this ain’t your family.
You ain’t nothing but a stray
fucking dog around here.
– You don’t mean that.
– Like hell I don’t.
Now, get the fuck outta here,
before I put your face
through that fucking wall.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
♪ The club gets loud ♪
♪ When the record’s right ♪
♪ New guitar cries
in the night ♪
♪ The crime will
come around the corner ♪
♪ But everything’s cool
’cause nature’s child ♪
♪ Is dangerous ♪
♪ Oh, oh, razors ♪
♪ Baby, don’t you
want to come with me? ♪
You’re that preacher, ain’t ya?
Yeah, you him.
I seen your face in the papers
a few years ago.
Called you the Machine Gun
Preacher, right?
– Yeah.
– Told you this is the guy.
Hot damn, I knew it.
The paper’s talking about you
some kind of a…
…African Rambo
or something, right?
If you don’t mind, I’d just like
to sit here right now.
You still helping them niggers
over there?
See, the way I figure it…
…the reason you’re so
interested in helping
them porch monkeys
is probably ’cause you throwing
it in them nigger bitches,
ain’t ya?
– (GRUNTS)
– (ALL SHOUTING)
(SIREN WAILS)
You’re gonna sit there
and you’re gonna let me talk.
I’ve always believed in you.
Trusted you, trusted the Lord.
And do what I could
so you could follow your dream.
But I ain’t willing to lose you
to what you’re doing over there.
Ain’t just gonna sit back and
watch you get swallowed up by
it.
Now, I know that you’re
all them kids got over there,
but you’re all we got, too.
Paige needs her father.
Damn it, Sam, I need my husband.
(WOOD CHOPPING)
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
DONNIE: Shit, man,
where the hell are you?
ANSWERING MACHINE: This is Sam.
Leave a message.
– (MACHINE BEEPS)
– It’s Donnie, man.
Shit, I was hoping you’d be
there.
I wanna talk to you.
It’s no big deal.
I was just thinking about…
when we were kids.
And in the summertime
we’d go over to that quarry
near Montrose.
Remember that?
We’d…
…bring our ropes.
We’d go swimming.
Climb around
on the walls all day.
I wish you was
here to pray with me.
SAM: A lot of youse wants me
to stand up here and make some
sense out of this.
Tell you there’s some meaning.
You know, maybe there’s
a purpose for what happened
to Donnie.
That’s why you came here today.
You want me to tell you that…
that God has His plan for all of
us and…
…when it’s time to call us on
home, He’s just gonna do it.
That’s what you want me to say.
But that’s not
what I’m gonna tell you.
Mom, who are those men?
I don’t know.
– Hey, does this go?
– No, I don’t think that goes.
– Excuse me. What are you doing?
– Loading up.
– Sam! What is going on?
What is…?
– That’s the last of the tools.
– Where they taking our stuff?
– Ain’t ours no more.
You best go through it
and make sure they ain’t taking
– anything that belongs…
– Hey, don’t you touch that.
Baby.
I know you’re hurting,
I know you’re angry,
but we need to talk about this.
It’s all done.
So save your breath.
You sold the business?
– You sold the business?
– I need a new truck
for the orphanage.
A new truck? You sold the
business for a new truck?
That was our future,
Paige’s future, Sam.
Everything that we have has
gone to those children.
There’s a point,
baby, where there
ain’t no more to give.
What’s the combination?
– What’s the combination?
– Paige’s birthday.
You don’t know it, do you?
You don’t remember your own
daughter’s birthday.
You fight for everyone but us.
That’s all we got.
You can make it up
with the ministry.
What ministry, Sam?
They see how far gone you are,
they see what you’ve become.
– You need to get quiet
with the Lord.
– No. You know what?
– I’m done with the Lord.
– No, don’t you say that.
– Don’t you turn your back
on Him.
– He turned His back on me.
Where is He, Lynn?
Where is the Lord now?
‘Cause I don’t see Him around
here. Did He save Donnie?
Did He save those kids?
No, He didn’t save those kids.
Please don’t leave.
(CHATTERING)
Welcome back.
(CHILD LAUGHS)
(SPEAKS SOFTLY
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
WOMAN: Don’t reverse.
Don’t reverse.
– They are going to kill us.
– No, they’re not.
If you move, they’re gonna
shoot. Calm down, I’m going to
go talk to them.
It’s OK, we’re a relief convoy.
Relief convoy.
We’ve only got medical supplies,
we’re non-military.
The men no longer trust you
to lead them into battle.
They say you have a wish to die.
I’m worried about my friend.
I don’t need your help.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Yeah?
I remember my parents
when I sleep.
My father was big like you.
They shot him.
The rebels gave me a club,
and told me…
…if I did not
kill my mother…
…they’ll shoot
my brother and me.
And so I killed my mother.
If we allow ourselves
to be full of hate…
…then they’ve won.
We must not let them
take our hearts.
(SAM SNIFFLES)
(CHILDREN SHOUTING)
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
Baby, can you get that?
Hello?
Bug? You there?
– Dad?
– Yeah, it’s me.
Are you OK?
I’m thinking of a tree.
You said tree,
I’m thinking of a knee.
You said knee.
I’m thinking of a bee.
I love you, bug.
(SOBS) I love you too, Dad.
(PAIGE SINGING ON VIDEO)
You like that?
That’s my daughter.
– DENG: Sam.
– What’s going on?
An LRA unit has been spotted.
They are moving north
across the border.
What are we waiting for then?
Gotta go.
(MAN ON RADIO)
DENG:
MAN:
(MAN ON RADIO)
The village outside of Akot
says an LRA caravan came through
an hour ago.
(MEN SHOUTING)
(GRUNTS)
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
SAM: Push in, everybody.
There you go.
Sam. We cannot make them walk.
This is the only one we have.
OK, watch your hand.
Keep your eyes peeled. That road
back there might still be hot.
So be ready.
What about you, preacher?
We’re staying.
Go on, get out of here.
[acoustic music plays]
♪ I come from far away ♪
♪ My boots don’t know
this ground ♪
♪ But they know it’s real ♪
♪ It doesn’t take too long ♪
♪ For this road to become ♪
♪ A battlefield ♪
♪ And before I let
one more fire go out ♪
♪ Understand that I won’t give
one inch of ground ♪
♪ From beneath
yours and my feet ♪
♪ Whatever the price
happens to be ♪
♪ I may not be
the keeper of the flame ♪
♪ But I am ♪
♪ The keeper ♪
♪ Beauty and truth collide ♪
♪ Where love meets genocide ♪
♪ Where laughter meets fear ♪
♪ Confusion all around as
I try to feed these mouths ♪
♪ That have
never known singing ♪
♪ And before
I let one more tear ♪
♪ Hit the ground ♪
♪ I will be the one
standing between you ♪
♪ And the sound
of the rounds echoing out ♪
♪ Out of the dark ♪
♪ The smoke and the spark ♪
♪ Aimed at the heart
of the flame ♪
♪ I am the keeper ♪
♪ Whoo-ooh ♪
♪ I can not see the light ♪
♪ At the end
of the tunnel tonight ♪
♪ My eyes are weary ♪
♪ And before I let
one more life get erased ♪
♪ From the ashes, I will rise
for you and the ghosts ♪
♪ Of the names, faces and
frames, the love and the pain ♪
♪ For you, I’ll remain ♪
♪ Though I’m not worthy of ♪
♪ Being the keeper of ♪
♪ The flame ♪
♪ I am the keeper ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I am the keeper ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
For me to sit here and give
all kinds of excuses
to make it right,
I can’t do. But what I want
to ask everyone out there,
everyone that has a child,
everyone that has a brother
or a sister,
if your child or your family
member was abducted today,
if a madman came in,
a terrorist came in,
abducted your family member
or your child,
and if I said to you,
I can bring your child home…
…does it matter
how I bring ’em home?
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