How to use people... when making a documentary

This film gives an interesting and important view on contemporary Uganda and is technically well made.

But if the filmmaker wanted to deal with politics, why didn’t he go out and interview Uganda’s own politicians? Instead he chose a small group of American missionaries, who in a direct sense have nothing to do with lawmaking in Uganda, demeaning them as individuals and their work, just trying to make them look as weird, evil and awkward as possible in every frame. Obviously, the missionaries were not aware of the intention of the film when they were being filmed (which is also stated on House of Prayer’s website).

Of course, Western influence in Africa historically speaking has been disastrous in many ways. But if you look at missionaries as such, what 95% of them do and have done for centuries, is to help restore what colonizers left behind. Thousands and thousands of good-hearted missionaries have dedicated their lives to improving Africa's development, health care and education. But showing such a historical context would just go against the filmmaker's intention. Instead, in his view, missionaries in general are there to "spread hate" and to "just have an adventure".

This is not a serious attempt to explore an issue and making a statement for a good cause. This is a resentful filmmaker's strive to make his point using any method on his way, regardless of individuals or ethics.