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based on. sam childers. thank you for joining me. thank you. mike: you said in a recent interview that you didn t save the children in sudan, they saved you. what do you mean by that, sam? absolutely. i tell you what, i was a messed up person a long time ago and even after i walked away from the drugs and the chog, just being the just giving the opportunity in order to save some children ended up actually doing something good in my life. i d wake up with a purpose, i d go to sleep with a purpose and it s not just about children in sudan anymore, it s about children around the world now. you had a pretty rough life. the opening scenes of the movie i found remarkable and stunning. what was the turning point? from drug dealer, prisoner, inmate, the whole thing, it wasn t the prettyiest life were you living there. what was the turning point that got you turned the right way? i was in a bad bar fight in orlando, florida, turned out
to be a shotout and almost got killed and i went home that night and on the way home i said to myself, i m done with this life. i m done living like this. i m finished. i tell people all the time, if you have an addiction. serious problems in your life, it begins right here in your head. you re the one that has to make up your mind and say, i m finished, i m walking away from this? how hard was it for to you see this film knowing a lot of scenes were about you and the about of before, helping kids in sudan? i ve soon the movie now eight times and i ve cried every time in different scenes. actually, the last time i seen it, i didn t watch it the whole way through, because it brings back a lot of, a lot of old memories, some good memories and it brings bk a lot lot a lot of bad memories. and all there is to know
moved, how he expresses himself, what made him pick one of the things i picked up from, knowing he had been through all of this, hows about when he he talks about it. and there was humor in his eyes and genuinely comes to life and you know, he likes to test you, the way he looks at you. and yet, at the same time, when he he talks about his past and his drug days and knows what sick or as a result of being involved with him. and tears pour down his face and he has so much sadness in him as well and pain and that was a really fascinating thing and somehow wanting to get in the movie. mike: gerard, this would be a great film even if it were fiction and i sense that it has had a great i am pocket on you and i think this film will have a great impact on everyone who sees it. thank you so much for being here today. to share your personal perspectives of abbing part of this remarkable movie machine
and lost, is spiritually bank runt and addict and violent and found a way to turn around his life with god. and i just, i think those spiring are inspiring and it s a true story as well and he finds purpose in his life and the idea when you find that purpose and that belief, that it is incredible where that can take you, how far you can go, whatever it is you happen to believe in or just, just the power of belief in itself. and it just felt like a really interesting character i could get my teeth into it. he goes through it s such an adventure, he s an adventurous guy and colorful guy and dangerous guy, humanitarian, and he has it all going on and the the story has all of that. so, i just, i couldn t resist it. mike: it s a beautiful personal depiction of sam childers and also revealing about what s happening in