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In 2018, a shocking event made headlines around the world: a young American missionary, John Chau, was killed by arrows while attempting to contact one of the world’s most isolated Indigenous peoples on remote North Sentinel Island. From EmmyⓇ-winning directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (“Boys State”) with OscarⓇ-winning producer Simon Chinn and Emmy-winning producer Jonathan ...
Oct 12, 2023 · A documentary tries to bring context to the actions of John Allen Chau, an American missionary who was killed in 2018.
Oct 13, 2023 · Oct. 13, 2023 4:25 PM PT. When energetic 26-year-old American missionary John Chau, after 10 years of secret planning, tried to bring Christianity to the island-locked Sentinelese people in 2018 ...
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The Mission is a 2023 American documentary film directed and produced by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss. It explores the death of American missionary John Allen Chau, who was killed by arrows during a self-initiated mission involving an indigenous group of the Andaman Islands, the Sentinelese . It had its world premiere at the 50th Telluride ...
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- Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Will Cohen
Oct 5, 2023 · We go deep inside the revelatory documentary ‘The Mission,’ which examines the tragedy of John Chau on both intimate and epic levels—and suggests a seismic cultural reckoning.
Dec 8, 2023 · The Mission: Directed by Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss. With Pam Arlund, Dan Davis, Levi Davis, Daniel Everett. 26-year-old American missionary John Chau was killed as he attempted to make contact with an Indigenous group off the coast of India, one of the last communities on the planet still living in isolation.