6.8
“There's a fine line between faith and madness.”
The Mission (2023)
October 13, 20231h 43mEN
6.5
24 votes
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.
Director
Jesse MossWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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N/A
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Production Companies
Lightbox EntertainmentMile End FilmsNational Geographic Documentary Films
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Brent Marchant
9.0Is 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 of 26-year-old fundamentalist Christian missionary John Chau, who disappeared and was presumed dead in 2018 while attempting to spread the word of Jesus to the reclusive indigenous residents of North Sentinel Island, an Indian protectorate in the Bay of Bengal. The locale, one of the world’s most d…
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