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Beyond the Gates of Splendor
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0024543203780
Format: NTSC
Label: Tcfhe
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Tcfhe
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tcfhe
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Running Time: 106 minutes
Studio: Tcfhe
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Editorial Review:
While the primary lesson of Beyond the Gates of Splendor is about the power of Christian love, this extraordinary documentary transcends its missionary message with a universal tale of cultural exchange, murder, and the ultimate act of forgiveness. After establishing that the Waodani Indians in the Amazon basin of Ecuador had endured several generations of violent homicide among tribal neighbors, the film's central story begins to unfold: As American missionaries discover the Waodani in the mid-1950s, their Christian outreach goes smoothly until 1956, when lies and misunderstandings lead to the spear-killing of five of the missionary men whose wives and children--including narrator Steve Saint (whose father was among those killed)--responded to tragedy by living peacefully among the Waodani over the decades that followed. Through home-movie footage, photographs, and eyewitness accounts by American and Waodani alike, this incredible-but-true story of love and understanding unfolds with considerable power, urging the viewer to consider the meaning of this remarkable example of unified humanity. Is the missionary impulse a pure and beneficial one? Are the Waodani best left alone and ignorant of the wide world beyond their village? With deep tragedy, rich humor, and an overwhelming sense of compassion, writer/director Jim Hanon ponders these and other questions, hampered only by an overbearing score (by Ronald Owen) that's lushly beautiful at best, but too often maudlin, manipulative, and shamelessly heavy-handed. It's likely that Christian viewers will be most deeply affected by the film's thematic parallels to the lessons of Christ, but anyone with an ounce of compassion will be similarly moved and astonished. Not surprisingly, Hanon later dramatized the factual events of Beyond the Gates of Splendor in his 2006 feature film The End of the Spear. --Jeff Shannon
"Beyond the Gates" is a feature length documentary film experience about the Waodani Indians and the missionary men and women who have given their lives to reach them. This powerful emotional journey begins with the Waodani describing their way of life before the missionaries visited them in 1956. Narrated by the son of one of the missionaries and each of the wives of the men who died, the audience takes a nostalgic trip back in time to see how the men and women came to meet up with each other in Ecuador. An inspiring story of forgiveness and love.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Real People, Real Places, Real Nerve
"Beyond the Gates of Splendor" is a sequel to "Gates of Splendor" providing insight with those actually involved as families and friends. It is a well told documentary with a high level of interest.
This is a fascinating and personal follow-up to "Gates of Splendor", the movie about the martyred missionaries in South America. When the five men were killed, there was international interest enough to warrant the movie and it served to tell the story of the men, their mission, and their ... Read More
Rating:  - Obsolete Format
While I give five stars for the documentary itself, I have to give a big BUYER BEWARE on this DVD version. This DVD is only sold in the "full frame" version which is the obsolete, nearly-square aspect designed for older TV's. Much of the film image is missing as compared to the original, wide theatrical aspect. Sure, current widescreen TV's will stretch the image to fit the screen but one is still not seeing everything that the filmmaker intended to be viewed. This reformatting also mitigates the ... Read More
Rating: - documental exelente
En este documental tiene uno la ventaja de ver a los protagonistas de la historia ser entrevistados y entender uno mucho mejor esta cultura y su forma de ver y analizar la vida.
Rating: - Extraordinario documental
Este documental realmente conmueve el espiritu al ver el valor de estos misioneros y sus esposas. Es recomendable ver primero la pelicula "End of the Spear"
Rating:  - okay
Not as good as "End of the Spear" but interesting info. More of a documentary. Worth watching.
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