... of the movie takes place in South America in the 18th century, where two dominate groups of people, slave traders and missionaries, are competing for the minds of the native Indian group, the Guarani. The film is expressed and developed through a dictated letter, which explain what endured in the mission settlement. The film begins with a dictated letter from the Cardinal to ... ? A Reconsideration of Guarani/Jesuit Communities in 17th and 18th Century Paraguay', he addresses that Catholicism's most compelling feature for the Guarani was the extravagant liturgical celebrations with their...

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