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The Mission( 2023)

TV-MADocumentary
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There's a fine line between faith and madness.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Pam Arlund

      Self

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      Dan Davis

      Self

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      Levi Davis

      Self

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      Daniel Everett

      Self

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      Lawrence Kao

      John Chau (voice)

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      David Shih

      Patrick Chau (voice)

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    A review by Brent Marchant

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    Written by Brent Marchant on Wed Dec 13 2023
    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 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 di...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • evangelical christianity
    • christian propaganda
    • conversion to christianity