Glenn Allen

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.

A 165-year-old man tells the story of his incredible life to his college-age Great, Great, Great niece, and teaches the young woman that it's not how long you live, but how you live.