Trailer For National Geographic Doc THE MISSION About a Missionary Killed By an Indigenous Group Living in Isolation

“There’s a fine line between faith and madness.”

National Geographic Documentary Films has launched a trailer for an fascinating and tragic documentary titled The Mission. The story facilities on a 26-year-old Christian missionary from America named John Chau, who ended up being killed by an Indigenous group on an island off the coast of India, This was one of many final communities on the planet that was nonetheless residing in isolation.

The movie was directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss and it’s a “gripping murder mystery that examines the moral and ethical implications of John Chau’s story to probe deeply into the complicated history of colonialism and global exploration.”

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 & Jesse Moss with Oscar-winning producer Simon Chinn & Emmy-winning producer Jonathan Chinn of Lightbox, comes National Geographic Documentary Films’ The Mission, which uncovers the gripping story beyond the headlines. Through exclusive interviews and with unprecedented access to Chau’s secret plans, personal diaries, and video archives, The Mission examines the mythology of exploration that inspired him, the evangelical community that supported his quest, and reveals his own father’s heartbreak as Chau’s youthful thirst for adventure became a fatal obsession.”

McBaine and Moss said in a statement: “Looking carefully at John Chau’s dying, we discovered a difficult, layered story, equal components journey and tragedy. At its core, it’s an intimate drama, an emotional dialogue between father and son. But it additionally raises questions for all of us concerning the nice historic forces which have formed our world, concerning the implications of religion and the legacy of the so-called Age of Discovery. It’s a story worthy of the large display, and one which echoes the epic tales that impressed John and eventually doomed him.”