Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999): Cast & Plot

In the late 1800s, Hawaii faces a growing influx of immigrants from Asia and a troubling rise in leprosy across the islands. To contain the disease, authorities establish a remote colony on the Kalaupapa peninsula, a stark and isolated stretch on the northern side of Molokai, where sufferers are cared for and kept separate from the rest of society. The Hawaiian government, with support from the Catholic Church and other religious groups, relocates nearly all lepers to this hard-scrabble settlement. At the heart of the effort is a bishop who believes the dying deserve spiritual care, and he asks for ordained priests to administer last rites to the afflicted.