''The Mission'' is a 2023 American
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
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 Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was released on October 13, 2023, by
Picturehouse.
Plot
In 2018,
John Allen Chau, an American missionary, went to the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
. He then illegally attempted to make contact with one of the world's most isolated indigenous peoples, the uncontacted and legally protected
Sentinelese. After bribing fishermen to take him to
North Sentinel Island, Chau was killed by the Sentinelese. The film explores his life and death. Levi Davis, a fellow student of Chau's, historian
Adam Goodheart, and professor and former missionary
Daniel Everett appear in the film.
Release
It had its world premiere at the
50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023. It also screened at the
Camden International Film Festival on September 15, 2023. and the
BFI London Film Festival on October 8, 2023. It was released on October 13, 2023, by
Picturehouse.
Reception
See also
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''Last Days'' (2025 film)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mission 2023 Film
2023 documentary films
2023 films
Documentary films about religion
National Geographic Society films
Picturehouse films
Documentary films about India
Documentary films about Christianity
Documentary films about indigenous rights
American documentary films