The Least of These 2019

Overview

The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story is a 2019 drama film directed by Aneesh Daniel and written by Andrew Matthews. The film explores the life and work of Graham Staines, an Australian Christian missionary who resided in India. In the movie, a journalist investigates whether Staines is performing illegal conversions on local townspeople while he provides assistance to a community of lepers. The cast includes Stephen Baldwin as Graham Staines, alongside Sharman Joshi, Shari Rigby, and Manoj Mishra. Beyond the investigative narrative, the film depicts the events leading up to the 1999 martyrdom of Staines and his two sons, Philip, age 10, and Timothy, age 6. The production, which is based on a true story, was released in the United States on February 1, 2019, and has a runtime of one hour and fifty-two minutes. It is categorized under the drama and history genres. The film examines the circumstances surrounding the missionary’s efforts to support those affected by leprosy in India prior to the deaths of the Staines family.