#SaviorComplex, a 3-part HBO Original Documentary that examines the story of a young missionary, what it means to help, and the intersection of religion, race, and power, premieres September 26 on @StreamOnMax.
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00:00 I think some of the most wild accusations that were made about me is that I killed 800 children.
00:06 I was medically experimenting on children compared to Adolf Hitler, soon to be part of the KKK.
00:14 It's kind of like, where to begin, you know?
00:19 What is feeling called by God, what is that like?
00:25 Baby Jack!
00:27 I just started to see malnutrition everywhere.
00:30 So many children came seeking help.
00:33 We decided to make a malnutrition rehab center.
00:36 She would do things as if she was a medical personnel.
00:41 She was not qualified to do this.
00:44 They were not licensed as a medical center.
00:47 DIY, is that what you call it?
00:49 This was over my head as a nurse.
00:52 Oh my God.
00:56 I want any else, you know what I want to eat!
00:59 So we went to the U.S. Embassy.
01:01 Charges can be brought against Renee.
01:03 So many wild accusations.
01:05 We need to talk about the white savior complex.
01:08 I do believe we saved lives, hundreds and hundreds of them.
01:13 Renee is being put up as an angel.
01:19 People back in America think she's awesome, they're giving her money.
01:23 Angels like Renee bring death to the continent.
01:26 Let he who has never seen be the first to take a stone and throw at the renee.
01:33 So much of the white savior complex is the legacy of colonialism.
01:44 I feel like I've taken the hit for every single white person in Uganda.
01:49 Justice.
01:53 I mean so many things to so many people.
01:56 I did not kill children.
02:03 Do you think Renee is a murderer?
02:05 I would not. Oh God, that's a good question.
02:10 I love what C.S. Lewis says, "No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good."
02:18 Isn't that true?
02:20 Yes.
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