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Highlands Trilogy, 1, First Contact
directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 1 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1983), 52 mins
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New...
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directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 1 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1983), 52 mins
Description
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Ston...
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Stone Age people who had no concept of human life beyond their valleys. This amazing footage forms the basis of First Contact. Yet there is more to this extraordinary film than the footage that was recovered. Fifty years later some of the participants are still alive and vividly recall their unique experience. The Papuans tell how they thought the white men were their ancestors, bleached by the sun and returned from the dead. They were amazed at the artifacts of 20th century life such as tin cans, phonographs and airplanes. When shown their younger, innocent selves in the found footage, they recall the darker side of their relationship with these mysterious beings with devastating weapons. Australian Dan Leahy describes his fear at being outnumbered by primitive looking people with whom he could not speak. He felt he had to dominate them for his own survival and to continue his quest for gold. First Contact is one of those rare films that holds an audience spellbound. Humor and pathos are combined in this classic story of colonialism, told by the people who were there. College Adult This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Stone Age people who had no concept of human life beyond their valleys. This amazing footage forms the basis of First Contact. Yet there is more to this extraordinary film than the footage that was recovered. Fifty years later some of the participants are still alive and vividly recall their unique experience. They were amazed at the artifacts of 20th century life such as tin cans, phonographs and airplanes. When shown their younger, innocent selves in the found footage, they recall the darker side of their relationship with these mysterious beings with devastating weapons. Australian Dan Leahy describes his fear at being outnumbered by primitive looking people with whom he could not speak. He felt he had to dominate them for his own survival and to continue his quest for gold. First Contact is one of those rare films that holds an audience spell-bound. Humor and pathos are combined in this classic story of colonialism, told by the people who were there.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-, James Leahy, Daniel Leahy, 1912-1991, Richard Oxenburgh, fl. 1969-1982
Author / Creator
Bob Connolly, 1945-, Robin Anderson, 1948-2002
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Highlands Trilogy
Speaker / Narrator
Richard Oxenburgh, fl. 1969-1982
Person Discussed
Daniel Leahy, 1912-1991, James Leahy, Michael Leahy, 1901-1979
Topic / Theme
Papua New Guinean, Imperialism, Tribal and national groups, Cultural identity, Intercultural communication, Cultural change and history, Gold mines and mining, Anthropology, Cultural adaptation, Ethnography, Ethnic Studies, Papua New Guineans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1983. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Highlands Trilogy, 1, First Contact: Filmmaker Interviews
directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 1 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1983), 38 mins
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New...
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directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 1 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1983), 38 mins
Description
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Ston...
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Stone Age people who had no concept of human life beyond their valleys. This amazing footage forms the basis of First Contact. Yet there is more to this extraordinary film than the footage that was recovered. Fifty years later some of the participants are still alive and vividly recall their unique experience. The Papuans tell how they thought the white men were their ancestors, bleached by the sun and returned from the dead. They were amazed at the artifacts of 20th century life such as tin cans, phonographs and airplanes. When shown their younger, innocent selves in the found footage, they recall the darker side of their relationship with these mysterious beings with devastating weapons. Australian Dan Leahy describes his fear at being outnumbered by primitive looking people with whom he could not speak. He felt he had to dominate them for his own survival and to continue his quest for gold. First Contact is one of those rare films that holds an audience spellbound. Humor and pathos are combined in this classic story of colonialism, told by the people who were there. College Adult This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Stone Age people who had no concept of human life beyond their valleys. This amazing footage forms the basis of First Contact. Yet there is more to this extraordinary film than the footage that was recovered. Fifty years later some of the participants are still alive and vividly recall their unique experience. They were amazed at the artifacts of 20th century life such as tin cans, phonographs and airplanes. When shown their younger, innocent selves in the found footage, they recall the darker side of their relationship with these mysterious beings with devastating weapons. Australian Dan Leahy describes his fear at being outnumbered by primitive looking people with whom he could not speak. He felt he had to dominate them for his own survival and to continue his quest for gold. First Contact is one of those rare films that holds an audience spell-bound. Humor and pathos are combined in this classic story of colonialism, told by the people who were there.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-, James Leahy, Daniel Leahy, 1912-1991, Peter Thomson
Author / Creator
Bob Connolly, 1945-, Robin Anderson, 1948-2002
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Highlands Trilogy
Person Discussed
James Leahy, Daniel Leahy, 1912-1991, Peter Thomson, Michael Leahy, 1901-1979
Topic / Theme
Papua New Guinean, Imperialism, Tribal and national groups, Cultural identity, Intercultural communication, Cultural change and history, Gold mines and mining, Anthropology, Cultural adaptation, Ethnography, Ethnic Studies, Papua New Guineans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1983. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Highlands Trilogy, 2, Joe Leahy's Neighbors
directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 1 hour 30 mins
This film is the follow up of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970's. European educated, raised in the highlan...
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directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 1 hour 30 mins
Description
This film is the follow up of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970's. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individuali...
This film is the follow up of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970's. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individualism and the pursuit of affluence. While Joe may live in Western grandeur, he is still surrounded by his subsistence level Ganiga 'neighbors,' who never let him forget the original source of his prosperity. Joe spends much of his waking hours just keeping the lid on things. Filmmakers Connolly and Anderson lived for eighteen continuous months on the edge of Joe's plantation, in the 'no man's land' between Leahy and the Ganiga. Their lively, non-judgmental narrative eloquently captures the conflicting values of tribalism and capitalism. College Adult This film is the followup of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970s. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individualism and the pursuit of affluence. While Joe may live in Western grandeur, he is still surrounded by his subsistence level Ganiga "neighbors," who never let him forget the original source of his prosperity. Joe spends much of his waking hours just keeping the lid on things. Filmmakers Connolly and Anderson lived for eighteen continuous months on the edge of Joe's plantation, in the "no man's land" between Leahy and the Ganiga. Their lively, non-judgemental narrative eloquently captures the conflicting values of tribalism and capitalism.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-, Popina Mai, Tumul, Joseph Madang, Joe Leahy
Author / Creator
Bob Connolly, 1945-, Robin Anderson, 1948-2002
Date Published / Released
1988, 1994
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Highlands Trilogy
Person Discussed
Joe Leahy
Topic / Theme
Australian, Ganiga, Property rights, Coffee, Plantations, Tribal and national groups, Imperialism, Economic development, Cultural change and history, Anthropology, Cultural adaptation, Ethnography, Ethnic Studies, Australians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Highlands Trilogy, 2, Joe Leahy's Neighbors: Film Discussion
directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 29 mins
This film is the follow up of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970's. European educated, raised in the highlan...
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directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 29 mins
Description
This film is the follow up of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970's. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individuali...
This film is the follow up of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970's. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individualism and the pursuit of affluence. While Joe may live in Western grandeur, he is still surrounded by his subsistence level Ganiga 'neighbors,' who never let him forget the original source of his prosperity. Joe spends much of his waking hours just keeping the lid on things. Filmmakers Connolly and Anderson lived for eighteen continuous months on the edge of Joe's plantation, in the 'no man's land' between Leahy and the Ganiga. Their lively, non-judgmental narrative eloquently captures the conflicting values of tribalism and capitalism. College Adult This film is the followup of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970s. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individualism and the pursuit of affluence. While Joe may live in Western grandeur, he is still surrounded by his subsistence level Ganiga "neighbors," who never let him forget the original source of his prosperity. Joe spends much of his waking hours just keeping the lid on things. Filmmakers Connolly and Anderson lived for eighteen continuous months on the edge of Joe's plantation, in the "no man's land" between Leahy and the Ganiga. Their lively, non-judgemental narrative eloquently captures the conflicting values of tribalism and capitalism.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-, Popina Mai, Tumul, Joseph Madang, Joe Leahy
Author / Creator
Bob Connolly, 1945-, Robin Anderson, 1948-2002
Date Published / Released
1988, 1994
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Highlands Trilogy
Person Discussed
Joe Leahy
Topic / Theme
Australian, Ganiga, Property rights, Coffee, Plantations, Tribal and national groups, Imperialism, Economic development, Cultural change and history, Anthropology, Cultural adaptation, Ethnography, Ethnic Studies, Australians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Highlands Trilogy, 3, Black Harvest
written by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-; directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 3 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 1 hour 30 mins
The third film of the renowned trilogy on Papua New Guinea joins First Contact and Joe Leahy's Neighbours in our collection. This film charts the progress of Joe in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He is to provide the money and the expertise; they are to supply the land...
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written by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-; directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 3 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 1 hour 30 mins
Description
The third film of the renowned trilogy on Papua New Guinea joins First Contact and Joe Leahy's Neighbours in our collection. This film charts the progress of Joe in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He is to provide the money and the expertise; they are to supply the land and the labor. He stands to make 60%; the tribespeople 40%. Tribal wars and the drop in coffee prices on the world market conspire to d...
The third film of the renowned trilogy on Papua New Guinea joins First Contact and Joe Leahy's Neighbours in our collection. This film charts the progress of Joe in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He is to provide the money and the expertise; they are to supply the land and the labor. He stands to make 60%; the tribespeople 40%. Tribal wars and the drop in coffee prices on the world market conspire to defeat the venture. Always suspect because of his mixed-race status, Joe is in deep trouble with the tribespeople when his promises of riches fail to materialize. As he organizes to emigrate with his family to Australia, he is a saddened man with an uncertain future. College Adult Black Harvest, the final film in the Highlands Trilogy, charts the progress of Joe Leahy in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He provides the money and the expertise; they supply the land and labor. But on the eve of success, the world coffee price collapses and tribal warfare erupts in the valley. Always suspect because of his mixed-race status, Joe is in deep trouble with the tribespeople when his promises of riches fail to materialize. As he organizes to emigrate with his family to Australia, he is a saddened man with an uncertain future.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-, Joseph Madang, Popina Mai, Joe Leahy
Author / Creator
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Highlands Trilogy
Person Discussed
Joe Leahy
Topic / Theme
Ganiga, Biracial people, War, Social conflict, Plantations, Coffee, Tribal and national groups, Cultural change and history, Cultural identity, Anthropology, Ethnography, Ethnic Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Highlands Trilogy, 3, Black Harvest: Film Discussion
written by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-; directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 3 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 28 mins
The third film of the renowned trilogy on Papua New Guinea joins First Contact and Joe Leahy's Neighbours in our collection. This film charts the progress of Joe in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He is to provide the money and the expertise; they are to supply the land...
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written by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-; directed by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002; produced by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-, in Highlands Trilogy, 3 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 28 mins
Description
The third film of the renowned trilogy on Papua New Guinea joins First Contact and Joe Leahy's Neighbours in our collection. This film charts the progress of Joe in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He is to provide the money and the expertise; they are to supply the land and the labor. He stands to make 60%; the tribespeople 40%. Tribal wars and the drop in coffee prices on the world market conspire to d...
The third film of the renowned trilogy on Papua New Guinea joins First Contact and Joe Leahy's Neighbours in our collection. This film charts the progress of Joe in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He is to provide the money and the expertise; they are to supply the land and the labor. He stands to make 60%; the tribespeople 40%. Tribal wars and the drop in coffee prices on the world market conspire to defeat the venture. Always suspect because of his mixed-race status, Joe is in deep trouble with the tribespeople when his promises of riches fail to materialize. As he organizes to emigrate with his family to Australia, he is a saddened man with an uncertain future. College Adult Black Harvest, the final film in the Highlands Trilogy, charts the progress of Joe Leahy in convincing the Ganiga tribespeople to join him in a coffee growing venture. He provides the money and the expertise; they supply the land and labor. But on the eve of success, the world coffee price collapses and tribal warfare erupts in the valley. Always suspect because of his mixed-race status, Joe is in deep trouble with the tribespeople when his promises of riches fail to materialize. As he organizes to emigrate with his family to Australia, he is a saddened man with an uncertain future.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-
Author / Creator
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Highlands Trilogy
Person Discussed
Joe Leahy
Topic / Theme
Ganiga, Biracial people, War, Social conflict, Plantations, Coffee, Tribal and national groups, Cultural change and history, Film industry, Ethnography, Ethnic Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Highlands Trilogy (DER), 1, First Contact
directed by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-; produced by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, in Highlands Trilogy (DER), 1 (New York, NY: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1983), 1 hour 30 mins
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New...
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directed by Robin Anderson, 1948-2002 and Bob Connolly, 1945-; produced by Bob Connolly, 1945- and Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, in Highlands Trilogy (DER), 1 (New York, NY: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1983), 1 hour 30 mins
Description
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Ston...
This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpected confrontation with thousands of Stone Age people who had no concept of human life beyond their valleys. This amazing footage forms the basis of First Contact.Yet there is more to this extraordinary film than the footage that was recovered. Fifty years later some of the participants are still alive and vividly recall their unique experience. The Papuans tell how they thought the white men were their ancestors, bleached by the sun and returned from the dead. They were amazed at the artifacts of 20th century life such as tin cans, phonographs and airplanes. When shown their younger, innocent selves in the found footage, they recall the darker side of their relationship with these mysterious beings with devastating weapons.Australian Dan Leahy describes his fear at being outnumbered by primitive looking people with whom he could not speak. He felt he had to dominate them for his own survival and to continue his quest for gold.First Contact is one of those rare films that holds an audience spellbound. Humor and pathos are combined in this classic story of colonialism, told by the people who were there. Adult College
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bob Connolly, 1945-, Robin Anderson, 1948-2002
Author / Creator
Robin Anderson, 1948-2002, Bob Connolly, 1945-
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Highlands Trilogy (DER)
Person Discussed
Michael Leahy, 1901-1979, James Leahy, Daniel Leahy, 1912-1991
Topic / Theme
Cultural adaptation, Anthropology, Cultural change and history, Gold mines and mining, Intercultural communication, Cultural identity, Imperialism, Tribal and national groups, Papua New Guineans
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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Tong Tana: Lost Paradise
directed by Jan Roed and Eric Pauser; produced by Eric Pauser and Jan Roed (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 52 mins
This unforgettable film chronicles one man's fight against the ecological devastation of Malaysian Borneo's ancient rain forest. Fourteen years ago Bruno Manser from Switzerland walked into the jungle to live with the Penan tribe, an indigenous isolated native people. He adopted their lifestyle and stayed with the...
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directed by Jan Roed and Eric Pauser; produced by Eric Pauser and Jan Roed (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 52 mins
Description
This unforgettable film chronicles one man's fight against the ecological devastation of Malaysian Borneo's ancient rain forest. Fourteen years ago Bruno Manser from Switzerland walked into the jungle to live with the Penan tribe, an indigenous isolated native people. He adopted their lifestyle and stayed with them for four years, keeping an illustrated diary. Bruno found them to be the paradigm of Rousseau’s Noble Savage: good people solving p...
This unforgettable film chronicles one man's fight against the ecological devastation of Malaysian Borneo's ancient rain forest. Fourteen years ago Bruno Manser from Switzerland walked into the jungle to live with the Penan tribe, an indigenous isolated native people. He adopted their lifestyle and stayed with them for four years, keeping an illustrated diary. Bruno found them to be the paradigm of Rousseau’s Noble Savage: good people solving problems together in a social community where everything was shared and no antagonism existed between the members. The Penans are one of the last nomadic tribes on earth and have been living in this forest – said to be 160 million years old – for thousands of years. They are now struggling to survive amidst the destruction of the forest over the last ten years by Malaysian logging businesses. Ninety per cent of the trees have been stripped and the water supply is ruined. It is evident that the rituals and lifestyle of the tribe will not last long in the denuded forest. Deforestation has wiped out not only a way of life, but also Penan history. Over the past ten years in Switzerland Bruno worked to raise the world's consciousness about the destruction. He returned when the Penans sent him a tape smuggled out of Borneo which said 'Come back now if you want to see us alive. If you don't come now there will be no Penan people or forest left.' On his return, he resumed his place in Penan society, but was being hunted by Malaysian logging businesses and the government as a 'trouble-maker.' Since May 2000, Bruno has been missing. It is clear that his involvement gave the tribe the courage to stand up for their rights and fight back. College Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Eric Pauser, Jan Roed, Bjorn Cederberg
Author / Creator
Jan Roed, Eric Pauser
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Bjorn Cederberg
Topic / Theme
Aboriginal Malay, Anthropology, Environment, Ecology, Tribal and national groups, Rainforests, Science
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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