Thoughtful reflection on the film The Mission
This film portrays a society in the 1750s South American society as the Jesuit Missionaries were undertaking their mission ventures in this region. As they entered the land, they found the native Guarani Indians who had not been inhabited and their last contact was with slave traders that they resisted. Father Gabriel and Captain Mendoza who was a former slave trader but converted were instrumental in bringing Christianity to this region. They however met resistance and it was through long durations of endearment to the locals through their actions, music, philanthropy, communal work and the word of God that they came to win the locals’ hearts. More instrumental in this aspect is the fact that the missionaries chose to side with the locals in defending their land women from the intruding colonialists.
The suffering of the poor Guarani tribe in the remote South America is depicted through the high poverty rates depicted and the history of slavery. This suffering is further depicted in the wanton killing of the locals by colonialists even in churches where they had gone to seek refuge.
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