The Mission

The Mission

The Mission

6.6/ 10

TMDB Rating

23

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2023

Release Year

103 min

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Documentary

Overview

American Christian missionary John Chau was murdered when he tried to illegally contact and convert some of the world’s last uncontacted indigenous people. Through exclusive interviews and archival footage of John’s journey, THE MISSION explores themes that strike deep at the heart of religion, colonialism, and anthropology, questioning where we draw the line between faith and fanaticism, exploration and exploitation, imagination and destruction.

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Keywords

christianity

based on true story

india

evangelical christianity

christian propaganda

conversion to christianity

christian missionary

national geographic

north sentinel island

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Cast

Pam Arlund

Self

Dan Davis

Self

Levi Davis

Self

Daniel Everett

Self

Lawrence Kao

Lawrence Kao

John Chau (voice)

David Shih

David Shih

Patrick Chau (voice)

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Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

December 13, 2023

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Is religious missionary work an act of altruism or arrogance? Does it represent a quest for the fulfillment of one’s spiritual potential or a euphemistic cover for an inflated sociopathic ego? And, in either case, is it even possible to distinguish the two? Those are legitimate questions in the case…

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