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The Mission is a 1986 British historical drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. [4] Directed by Roland Joffé and written by Robert Bolt, the film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, and Liam Neeson.
The Mission is a 2023 American documentary film directed and produced by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss.It explores the death of American missionary John Allen Chau, who was killed by arrows during a self-initiated mission involving an indigenous group of the Andaman Islands, the Sentinelese.
The role of the mission, and the experiences of some of the Aboriginal people who were taken there, is discussed in the 2024 film Genocide in the Wildflower State. [10] Carol Petterson JP, a member of the Western Australian Aboriginal Advisory Council from 2015 to 2018 at the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, was born at the mission. [1]
The United Aborigines Mission (UAM) (also known as UAM Ministries, United Aborigines' Mission (Australia), and United Aborigines' Mission of Australia [1]) was one of the largest missions in Australia, having dozens of missionaries and stations, and covering Western Australia, New South Wales and South Australia in the 1900s. It was first ...
Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref. 2019 Taika Waititi Chelsea Winstanley: Māori Jojo Rabbit: Nominated Winstanley is the first Māori of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Indigenous people to be nominated for Best Picture. Husband-wife team. Shared with Carthew Neal. [2]
Land Raiders (film) The Last of His Tribe; Last of the Dogmen; The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film) Last of the Redskins; Laughing Boy (film) The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle; The Legend of Walks Far Woman; The Light in the Forest (film) Little Big Man (film) The Lone Ranger (2013 film) The Lone Woman (Playhouse 90)
Flight Sergeant Leonard Waters, the first Aboriginal air-force pilot and the only Aboriginal pilot allowed to serve in World War II, was born at the Euraba Aboriginal Reserve and spent part of his childhood at 'Old Toomelah'. [30] Madeline McGrady, pioneering Aboriginal film-maker. [31] Singer/songwriter Roger Knox is from Toomelah. [32]
This is the list of fictional Native Americans from notable works of fiction (literatures, films, television shows, video games, etc.). It is organized by the examples of the fictional indigenous peoples of North America: the United States, Canada and Mexico, ones that are the historical figures and others that are modern.