Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2002) on Netflix
PG-1320021h 36mDocumentary
Five missionaries set out to reach the Waodani, a tribe living in violent isolation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Waodani interviewees describe the life of the tribe before the missionaries arrived.
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Plot summary
Beyond the Gates of Splendor is a documentary about Operation Auca, the 1956 attempt by five North American missionaries to contact the Waodani, a tribe living in violent isolation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The story is told by the son of one of the missionaries and by the missionaries' wives, who recall how the men and women met in Ecuador. Waodani interviewees also appear, describing how their people lived before the missionaries came. Filming took place in Ecuador, Ocala, Florida, Seattle and at Wheaton College.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2002)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film's crew spent 17 days in the jungle to gather interviews with members of the Huaorani tribe for Beyond the Gates.
- Beyond the Gates was very influential in the production of the drama film End of the Spear, released four years later, in which many of the same events recounted by its Huaorani interviewees were dramatized.
