PBS - Xavier: Missionary and Saint (2006)

"This is the story of a missionary who died alone on a desolate island within sight of the land of his life's dream, unaware that he had forever changed the face and the race of Christianity."
"Xavier: Missionary & Saint" is the story of Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jassu y Javier, 1506-1552), filled with history, adventure and spirituality. Born in Spain to a noble Navarrese-Basque family, Xavier became the "Apostle to the East" as a priest and missionary, and one of the Catholic Church's most revered saints. A founding member and the first great missionary of the Society of Jesus, commonly known as Jesuits, Francis Xavier had a remarkable journey through life, preaching and baptizing across Asia in the 16th Century, travelling tirelessly to countries as far apart as India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, China and Japan.
During the Age of Exploration, the world began to shrink as more and more Europeans journeyed far from home where they met the peoples of Africa and the Americas, India and the East. While the history of exploration and globalization tells of murderous mistakes and tragic ignorance, one man's encounter with the diverse world looms large as one of compassion, invitation, and grace. His legacy lives on in the many schools and churches that bear his name throughout the world.
Narrated by Academy Award-winner Liam Neeson, and filmed on location in the footsteps of the Jesuit missionary, Xavier tells the missionary's compelling story through dramatizations, interviews, contemporary location shots, paintings and engravings, maps, and most importantly, the letters of Xavier.
This documentary features stunning scenery from Rome, Spain, Paris, India, China, and Japan as well as interviews with world-renowned scholars in the fields of Jesuit and Renaissance history and theology, including Ingrid Rowland (Notre Dame University), Andrew Ross (University of Edinburgh), Lourdes del Costa (University of Goa, India), Anthony Ucerler, SJ (Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome), Gauvin Bailey (Clark University) and John O'Malley, SJ, (Weston Jesuit School of Theology). The film commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of the most successful missionary since St. Paul.