Plot

Waiting for John' tells the story of America's extraordinary impact on one remote island in the South Pacific and explores the last surviving cargo cult, the John Frum Movement.

If you had never heard of an airplane, would you think it was a miracle when one arrived? Waiting for John tells the story of America's incredible impact on a remote island in the South Pacific and the birth of an extraordinary religion, the John Frum Movement, considered the last surviving cargo cult. We follow the John Frum believers today as they struggle to preserve a culture in danger of being lost to the modern world.

Waiting for John tells the story of America's extraordinary impact on one remote island in the South Pacific and explores the last surviving Cargo Cult, the John Frum Movement, as we follow the John Frum believers today in their struggle to preserve a culture in danger of being lost to the modern world.