Machine Gun Preacher Page #6

It's our leader.

John Garang?

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 it 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.

(JOHN LAUGHS)

I wish I had more men like you.

There are peace talks scheduled

for the end of August in Russia.

I would like you to

come as my guest.

You know, talking about peace

in a roomsomewhere is a waste of time,

if you ask me.

- (JOHN LAUGHS)

- 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 think maybe we could convince

you to come to peace talks one day?

[SAM]:
Maybe.

Should be coming out soon.

Anybody see anything?

Marco! See something?

Nothing. Nothing.

I don't know.

Should be around here.

You should pull over.

- The intel was very clear.

- [SAM]:
I don't see nothing.

This is it.

No, wait, wait.

There. I got two.

Right there.

(WHISPERS) Come on.

Come on, it's okay. Come on.

Okay, they ain't moving.

AJ, Nineteen. Go get those kids.

Deng, call camp, tell them we're coming

back with two, possibly injured.

(MEN SPEAKING IN ARABIC)

[SAM]:
Be careful.

(GUNSHOT)

(NINETEEN SHOUTS IN ARABIC)

[SAM]:
What'd he say?

What's he saying?

AJ is dead!

(GUNSHOT)

[SAM]:
Tell him don't move.

Okay?

Don't move!

[SAM]:
Stay down!

Ask him if he saw the shooter.

(SHOUTING IN ARABIC)

(GUNSHOT)

(NINETEEN REPLYING IN ARABIC)

[DENG]:
Did not see him.

(GUNSHOT)

- You see him?

- He's on the ridge. Within the rocks.

Can you reach the Mauser?

(GUNSHOT)

When I say go, I want you to put all

you got into those rocks up there.

Ready?

Go!

(FIRING STOPS)

(PANTING)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(GUNSHOT)

(DENG SHOUTING)

(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)

- Hello?

- [DONNIE]:
Sam, it's me, man.

[SAM]:
Donnie.

Is everybody okay?

[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, huh?

[DONNIE]:
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.

[DONNIE]:
Yeah?

Man, that must be wild.

I'd like to come over there sometime,

check it out, you know?

Get the hell

outta here for a while.

That'd be nice.

See what that's like.

Sounds good.

- Hey, Sam, can I ask you a question?

- Yeah.

You really think... God's gonna

forgive us for everything we done?

(SIGHS)

[SAM]:
Is that all

the soy milks we got?

They talk about you in the camps.

The children.

They say there is a white

preacher who hunts the IRA.

This place does not need

more guns, Mr Childers.

Just trying to help these people.

Same as you.

Don't delude yourself.

You're a mercenary...

not a humanitarian.

I got 200 kids

that're 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.

(ROCKET WHISTLES)

(GUNS FIRING)

[SAM]:
Hold your fire!

Hold your fire!

(MAN SHOUTING IN THE DISTANCE)

[DENG]:
Preacher.

(MUFFLED CRIES)

[SAM]:

Let's get them out of here.

Deng, tell them that we're

not going to hurt them.

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

Okay, in the light.

That's good. That's good.

We don't have room

for all of them.

- How many can we fit in the truck?

- Twenty, 25 maximum.

What have we got? Like 40?

Okay. 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.

- No, we got no time.

We take the ones we can.

You, you go. Yeah, you go. Go, go.

All right. You, stay, stay.

Okay, tell the other ones

we'll come back later.

(GIRL CRYING)

Tell them.

(SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(CHILDREN SCREAMING)

(ALL CLAMOURING)

[SAM]:
Don't come back

until you see my face.

Wait!

- Hey, hey!

- [DENG]:
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.

(DENG SHOUTING)

[SAM]:
I'll be back in two hours.

Two hours.

Two hours we'll be back.

(CHILDREN CRYING)

Marley, gas it up,

we're leaving in five.

Sudan?

What are you doing over there?

(HEAVY ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, sorry, man. Sorry.

Route 16 was all backed up.

Welcome home, buddy. Yeah.

You must be wiped out, man.

Yeah, I'm sorry, 16 was a f***ing mess.

All these a**holes out

driving at night...

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!

They're men of conviction, who ain't afraid

to pick up a sword and use it! Why not?

Soldiers willing to fight against

His enemies, wherever they may be!

(AUDIENCE CHEERS)

[SAM]:
Soldiers willing to fight

till their last breath.

(AUDIENCE AGREEING)

- Hallelujah! Wake up!

- [ALL]:
Hallelujah!

I want you to look at this.

- It's a 10-year-old boy.

- 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?

- 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 already took out a

second on your home.

I got a real good deal, I

just need you to get...

Sam, we know what you're doing over

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