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Dominican Rep. First Contact
- Original title
- First Contact
- Year
- 1982
- Running time
- 54 min.
- Country
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- Music
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- Genre
- Documentary | Colonialism. Half-length Film
- Synopsis
- This documentary presents footage of the first contact between the highland tribes of Papua New Guinea, and European explorers. In the 1930s three Australian's, Michael, Daniel and James Leahy were the first white people to venture into the vast New Guinean interior. They searched for gold and found 1 million highland tribespeople who had previously had no contact with the outside world. Amazingly, they took a film camera with them.
- Awards
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1982: Chicago Film Festival: Nominated for Best Documentary1983: Academy Awards (Oscars): nominated to Best Documentary Feature.
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