First Contact
Films by Title A-Z
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51m
In 1930, the Leahy brothers entered Papua New Guinea, filming their shocking first contact with Indigenous communities. Fifty years later, surviving Papuans recall believing these white men were dead ancestors returned. Witnessing their younger selves in this rediscovered footage, they then recount the darker reality that followed.
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