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FilmWeek Feature: Larry Mantle Interviews “The Mission” Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss

Illustration of John Chau's father reads his ideas.
John Chau's father reads his ideas.
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Larry Mantle Interviews “The Mission” Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss.
Larry Mantle Interviews “The Mission” Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss.

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 the remote North Sentinel Island. National Geographic Documentary Films’ “The Mission” uncovers the story beyond the headlines. Through exclusive interviews and with unprecedented access to Chau’s secret plans, personal diaries and video archives.