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Mission, The

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ID #: 
75
Film Type: 
feature length film
Playing Time: 
125 min.
Color or BW: 
Color and B&W
Description: 
A powerful epic about a man of the sword (Robert DeNiro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th century colonial empires
Keywords: 
18th century, Catholic Church, colonization, indigenous tribes, missionaries, South America