First Contact (Highlands Trilogy) - PREVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 30 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 spell-bound. Humor and pathos are combined in this classic story of colonialism, told by the people who were there.
" we hadn't killed people " ..... " if we didn't kill they'd kill us " okay so stop invading
who ever has the strongest weapons writes history
8:50 shows the true nature of these "men" and their treatment of the native people.
Off topic, but this kind of music gave me nightmares as a kid.
They make it sound like these people didn’t exist before they showed up “discovered it”
Looking for gold in another mans land .
Where can i get the complete collection of "The Highlands Trilogy"?
I came looking for gold
And I found people
How missionaries fooled these ileterate people spreaded their religion and occupied their land
Tribal Walfare is anything but noble. Most of the time they dont go to war for resources but for revenge or stealing the women of another tribe.
Beside for the man of PNG I could also use the subs for the old British man .... mumbling every word to make it incomprehensible as much as possible :-/
Civilisation is an ugly beast
Native: Masta Mick!
Mick: Yes, go on..
Native: We need to cross this river!
Mick: Well... what did we do the last time, we saw a river...?
Native: We carried you, Masta Mick!
Mick: Exatly my freind, and dont forget my freinds too.
Since when has Australia been in Europe?
European civilization. There is no substitute.
Missing European people is religion Touring in Asian and african andthan mision Imperialism.
As it is with most tribal ppl's around the world. We even see it with ourselves in western countries. The difference with these ppl fighting against the neighbouring clan is simply a survival instinct. You must hold your patch of land otherwise you get pushed off it and have nowhere to survive. There is respect between the tribes though as no one wants conflict if it can be avoided
nice video
This slavery very simple
true. I am pro-religion... but we gotta admit that only the 'mean' religious people cause bad things to happen. not all religions have the same motives and values, which does lead to problems. the youtube community looks down upon religion , THEY are intolerant.
Hi, please see the video description for a link to the complete set, available on the DER website.
haha nice comment, but i accedently pressed on the boo instead of the yihaw! should be +3 sorry for that
KAN....ol kisim gold blo mipala na ol go ...kaupim mama blo ol!!;)
I knew Dan Leahy & family
I was born there
Film good
anyone else here from the subreddit interestingasfuck?
mr.aki
Daniel: "Almost on my way to the Promise land" Damn this dude knew the Word 😂😂
He was terrified at the site of the white man... das racist!
I think the point is that many people beleive that could change, and there is point changing it. If we just admit our flaws and move on nothing will change
Africa 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭