Story Line
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.
“There's a fine line between faith and madness.”
Top Cast
Pam Arlund
Self
Dan Davis
Self
Levi Davis
Self
Daniel Everett
Self
Lawrence Kao
John Chau (voice)
David Shih
Patrick Chau (voice)
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Rating
6.3/ 10
Release Date
2023-10-13
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Documentary
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Brent Marchant
9/10
•12/13/2023Is 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 t...