The Mission
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.
- Released: 2023-10-13
- Runtime: 103 minutes
- Genre: Documentaries
- Stars:
- Director: Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine
Comments
- kirk781 - 10 February 2024
Exceptionally biased
Cinema, they say, has the power to shape narratives and this documentary is an example of one. Told one dimensionally from point of view of the deceased,it portrays the missionary(and in an early scene, all missionaries as a force of good somehow) almost as a martyr who died for a cause. In reality, he defied multiple warnings and still went to an exceptionally dangerous place just to diseminate his religious beliefs. And this, not even taking into account the fact, that for an uncontacted tribe, he could have bought in potentially lethal diseases that they would have no natural immunity against.
An ideal documentary presents or Atleast tries to, present the truth. This version is closer to a rewriting of the person's history after his death rather than anything else. Even from a cinematic viewpoint, there are far better ventures to make stuff on than drone on such subjects. - leeaumend-38280 - 12 December 2023
Not really a documentary
This story is wildly sad and unfortunately told with a bias towards the individual involved, John. I'm sure many will see this as an inspiration to repeat this tragic behavior in the name of God. I have but one question for the Christian community as a whole. Assuming you believe God is all powerful, all knowing and all mighty. Why does God need you to do God's work? If God is all powerful, then God can speak to any human God wishes to speak with and provide guidance without the help of other humans. The fact that there are people so unbelievably arrogant that think a book written by men is the actual work of and word of God it's simply mind boggling. To believe you are needed means God it's not capable thus not a God is just as mind boggling. This poor soul died due to human arrogance and this story only promotes it without balance.
