the humanities film series presents

THE MISSION

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 at 7 PM

ETC Lecture Hall

Set in the 1750s, The Mission features Jeremy Irons as Father Gabriel, a Jesuit priest working with the Guarani people.  Robert De Niro plays Rodrigo Mendoza, a slave trader whom Father Gabriel converts to the Jesuit faith.  When Gabriel’s mission comes under attack from Portuguese forces, Father Gabriel and Mendoza take vastly different measures to defend it.  Filmed on location in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, The Mission won the Palm d’Or Award at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.