casey's (not the gas station)

I liked this story because it covered something that happens all too frequently. Perhaps not on this scale, but many religious institutions pursue charity and medical work in underdeveloped countries as a means to end evangelization. I’ve seen it myself and this story presents both sides of the coin. The woman in the story, Renee Bach, was only 19 when she decided to set up this facility in Uganda. Is she responsible for the deaths of all these malnourished children when she had no permission to run the kind of care she was doing? It’s a fascinating prospect and I think the director makes it clear that she wants to tell both sides of the story, It’s how she got Bach herself to come and provide an interview along with footage from her first setting up the facility.

I thought the article was written well, it hooked me in, which was the main goal. I kind of want to watch it on HBO now. It portrayed the image it needed to and then got to the questions and responses in a timely matter. I think it covered the upside-down pyramid perfectly.

Link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/arts/television/savior-complex-jackie-jesko-renee-bach-hbo.html

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