• Director(s)

    Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    17/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Pam Arlund, Dan Davis, Levi Davis

Film

The Mission

moderate violence, injury detail, sexual violence references, racism

A missionary is killed seeking to convert an isolated Indigenous group in this thought provoking US documentary which touches upon themes of racism, religion, and includes occasional bloody images.…

A missionary is killed seeking to convert an isolated Indigenous group in this thought provoking US documentary which touches upon themes of racism, religion, and includes occasional bloody images.

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violence

language

sex

discrimination

injury detail

nudity

sexual violence and sexual threat

theme

  • Director(s)

    Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    17/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Pam Arlund, Dan Davis, Levi Davis

moderate violence, injury detail, sexual violence references, racism
Classified Date:
30/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution
violence
There is an animation of a man being shot through the chest with an arrow. There are film excerpts of a man being speared through the chest, a woman burning alive and someone being pushed off a cliff.
language
There is use of a rude hand gesture.
sex
There are references to a Christian youth group vowing not to look at porn, and one admitting to doing so.
discrimination
There are references to missionary work being an unethical tool for exerting influence and control over indigenous cultures, and it aligning with aspects of colonialism. There are references to indigenous people being captured, studied, and succumbing to foreign diseases at the hands of missionaries. There are photographs of a captured indigenous family having their measurements taken. Additionally, there are references to indigenous people being falsely documented as cannibals and savages in both academic and popular culture.
injury detail
There is a meme of a missionary with arrows protruding from his back, an animation of a man with an arrow wound to the chest and blood spilling from a finger.
nudity
There are scenes of natural nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are are references to people believing that Jesus sexually violates his followers.
theme
There are references to mental health issues and themes of bereavement.
Classified Date:
08/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution

  • Classified date

    30/10/2023

  • Language

    English