National Geographic documentary films specialize in telling stories of adventurers whose journeys put themselves at great risk, but few are more unbelievable than “The Mission.” NatGeo has released the official trailer for the upcoming documentary, set for theatrical release October 13.The documentary focuses on the story of John Chau, an American evangelical Christian missionary.
In 2018 and at the age of 26, Chau traveled to the extremely remote Andaman Islands, claimed by India but closer to Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal, on an unsanctioned missionary trip.
There, he repeatedly visited North Sentinel Island, which is restricted by the Indian government to outside visitors because of the indigenous Sentinelese, a voluntarily “uncontacted people,” who live there.
They’re considered so vulnerable to contamination from outside influences that the Indian government has armed marine patrols around the island to prevent landings.
Chau somehow made it ashore, nonetheless.
It did not go well.The film,…
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