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Dare to Make Contact
Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 65 ratings · 24 Oct 2005 · English · 1h 48m · Released
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.
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