At Sundance, a film from Finland takes an inside look at Latter-day Saint missionaries

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Filmmaker Tania Anderson is a Zen Buddhist, making her friends wonder why she would want to make a movie about LDS missionaries. That film, 'The Mission,' premieres Monday.

The documentary “The Mission” follows four teens, three of them from Utah, on their two-year journey.

Anderson’s film, “The Mission,” follows four American teens — three of them from Utah — as they serve their missions in Finland for Myöhempien Aikojen Pyhien Jeesuksen Kristuksen Kirkko . Elder Tyler Davis is one of the four subjects of "The Mission," which follows Latter-day Saint missionaries in Finland.

Tania Anderson, director of the documentary "The Mission." The film is an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Still, by the end of 2018, Anderson was sure the church would say no to the whole thing. “Then, in early January 2019, we just got this total green light,” she said.

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