What would drive a young man to embark on a suicidal mission to the world’s most remote people? Religion is a factor, but the death of John Chau certainly raises more questions than just fanatical faith.

Back in episode 111 The Ethical Considerations of Uncontacted Peoples and The Story of Ishi we briefly spoke about John Chau’s story and mentioned a new documentary about his life and death. That doco is called “The Mission” and now that it’s on Disney+, we thought we better watch it and have a chat. Lonnie liked it, Dylan’s not so sure.

And our Get Amongst It suggestion this week… The documentary “The Mission” available on Disney+.

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References

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mission-movie-review-2023

https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-mission-review-2-1235754402/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/14/the-mission-review-a-missionary-comes-a-cropper-on-reaching-an-unreached-tribe

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