HBO Max is facing backlash after dropping the trailer to an upcoming documentary about the work of Renee Bach, a white American who went to Africa and misrepresented herself as a medical professional.
The project, called “Savior Complex,” unpacks how the Virginian went on a mission to Uganda and decided to set up a center to help malnourished children in the country.
Bach left her home in Virginia to set up her charity, Serving His Children, in 2010 and chronicled her life as a “white doctor” to the villagers in the blog, Angels of Africa.
From 2010 to 2015, she reportedly took in 940 children and of them, 105 died. In 2019, she was sued in a Ugandan civil court by two women and a civil rights organization for unauthorized child services that endangered the lives of children.
The trailer for the docuseries, which premieres on Sept. 26, states, “Savior Complex is a three-part HBO Documentary series examining missionary work in Uganda, where an American is accused of causing the death of vulnerable Ugandan children by dangerously treating them despite having no medical training.”
In the nearly three-minute clip, Bach seems to be clueless about her offense, particularly since she claims was sent by God. It also shows Black Africans disputing her white savior complex narrative, claiming she was the reason so many children died despite being under her care.
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