The Mission Official Trailer National Geographic Documentary Film

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Official trailer for The Mission, a new film by the National Geographic.

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00:00 (waves crashing)

00:02 - My friend John paid some pirates to go to an island

00:06 to talk to people about Jesus

00:09 when he knew that he had no business doing that.

00:12 (soft music)

00:14 - John's parents brought him up to be Christian.

00:20 - He was just like full of light.

00:23 I had a little bit of a crush on him.

00:25 - You couldn't have asked for a better young man.

00:26 He reminds me of who I wanted to serve with.

00:29 - He told me his plan was to go live

00:31 in the middle of the jungle.

00:33 It didn't sound that bad.

00:35 - I thought that John would get accepted.

00:40 - People whose language no one speaks,

00:45 whose culture no one knows.

00:47 There's a fine line between faith and madness.

00:52 - Once he found out about that tribe,

00:56 he knew he was gonna go all in.

01:00 - John was telling his story,

01:01 I'm a climber, I'm an adventurer.

01:02 - Here we are, hiking out.

01:03 - If things don't go well,

01:04 he wanted to look like a young, arrogant,

01:07 Western person, did a stupid thing, and move on.

01:11 John said to me, this is what the plan looks like,

01:15 have it right here.

01:16 - There are so many ways the seductions

01:19 of this story can go wrong.

01:22 This idea of people who exist out of time,

01:25 that erases their humanity.

01:27 - These cultures that are isolated,

01:29 when we cross that boundary,

01:31 we're saying your prohibition means nothing to us.

01:34 - That there's a group that we would decide,

01:35 sorry, you don't get to hear about Jesus,

01:38 that's a violation of their human right.

01:40 - John did exactly what Jesus told him to do.

01:42 - John was pursuing a fantasy,

01:45 in discerning the call.

01:48 We can mess it up.

01:50 - My friend did something stupid, and courageous, and bold,

01:57 and I wish I was that bold.

01:59 (dramatic music)

02:01 (gentle music)

02:04 (music fades)

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