From two of Australia's most distinguished filmmakers, Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson (
Rats in the Ranks,
Facing the Music), comes
The Highlands Trilogy: The Complete Collection DVD Box Set, featuring three stunning, critically acclaimed documentaries.
Set in the Papua New Guinea Highlands and shot over ten years,
First Contact (1983), followed by
Joe Leahy's Neighbors (1989) and
Black Harvest (1992) have won 30 national and international awards, including an Academy Award nomination for
First Contact. All three won the Grand Prix at France's prestigious Festival Cinema du Reel, and AFI awards for Best Documentary.
The complete trilogy is available through DER on DVD - for the first time ever in the United States. This special edition DVD set contains the individual films plus filmmaker interviews and ABC broadcast reviews of each film.
Films in the Highlands Trilogy