PG-13The Mission

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Play Time: 103 mins
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The Mission

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.

Status: Released (2023-10-13)
Awards:11 nominations
BoxOffice:$58,377
Screen:Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
Productions: Lightbox Entertainment, Mile End Films, National Geographic Documentary Films
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English, हिन्दी, Latin
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Brent Marchant

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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 quest ....

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