Machine Gun Preacher

Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the saviour of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Childers is the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organisationin this moving story of violence and redemption.

When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged that the region's vulnerable populace, especially the children, face unspeakable horrors. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aid workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it's most needed—in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens. But, for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA's intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives, and eventually his own.

An explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement.