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- Release, runtime and language
- 1982 · 58 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
- Starring
- James Leahy, Daniel Leahy, Michael Leahy
First Contact, a 1983 documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, chronicles the 1930 discovery of an indigenous community in Papua New Guinea’s interior highlands—previously thought empty. Based on the authors’ book, it features interviews with locals and survivors of the Leahy brothers’ gold‑prospecting party, plus archival and contemporary footage. It earned an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
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