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Mission
GERMANY · 1987

Mission

Christian Petzold
colonialism religious conversion indigenous peoples redemption colonial conflict
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Synopsis

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

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