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 Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was released on October 13, 2023, by Picturehouse.
In 2018, John Allen Chau, an American missionary, went to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in an attempt of making contact with one of the world's most isolated indigenous peoples, the 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, professor and former missionary Daniel Everett, and anthropologist Triloknath Pandit appear in the film.
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.