Špičkový potapěč Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) věnoval průzkumu jeskyní Esa’ala v jižním Pacifiku již mnoho měsíců. Když je ale východ nečekaně zatopen vodou, je jeho tým, zahrnující sedmnáctiletého syna Joshe (Rhys Wakefield), finančníka Carla Hurleye (Ioan Gruffudd), jeho přítelkyni Victorii (Alice Parkinson) a bláznivého George (Dan Wyllie) – nucen nalézt cestu ven složitým podvodním labyrintem. Velmi záhy si musí odpovědět na nevyhnutelnou otázku: Dokážou přežít nebo jsou uvězněni navždy?
Než se stal Eroll Flynn jednou z největších filmových hvězd Hollywoodu, musel čelit kanibalům a krokodýlům při hledání zlata v pralese na Papui Nové Guineji.
V provincii Bougainville v Papui-Nové Guineji zuří občanská válka. Jediným bělochem na ostrově je tajemný učitel Watts, který znovu otevře školu a představí žákům Dickensovy Nadějné vyhlídky. Mladičká Matilda se ztotožní s viktoriánskou dobou popisovanou v románu a uniká tak ve své fantazii z krutého světa, ve kterém je nucená žít. Armáda tzv. Rudých kůží připravená zničit případné povstalce se blíží. Matildě se líbí Pip, proto napíše jeho jméno do písku, což odstartuje vlnu dramatických událostí. Rudé kůže se domnívají, že Pip je vůdce rebelů, a chtějí ho dostat za každou cenu. Skvělý příběh o síle představivosti, kdy fikce může mít až katastrofální následky.
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.
In 1945, a group of Australian soldiers inadvertently stumbled across Amelia Earhart's downed airplane in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Now, a team of specialists will use the soldiers' exclusive testimony and an old patrol map to find the plane again.
The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a mountain people," believe that there was once a great race between a bird and a snake, which was to determine the lives of human beings. Should men shed their skins and live forever like snakes, or die like birds? The bird won the race, dictating that man must die. The film's plot revolves around two characters, Weyak and Pua. Weyak is a warrior who guards the frontier between the land of his tribe and that of the neighboring tribe. Pua is a young boy whom Gardner depicts as weak and inept.
The Road to Home (2015), tells the story of Benny Wenda, the Nobel Peace Prize nominated West Papuan independence leader, in his ongoing struggle to free his people from Indonesian colonial rule. Since his dramatic escape from an Indonesian prison in 2002, where he was held in isolation and tortured as a political prisoner, Benny has been an unceasing crusader on the international scene, campaigning to bring about an end to the suffering of his people at the hands Indonesia's brutal colonial regime. Granted political asylum in the UK, Wenda's freedom of movement was restricted in 2011 when, at the behest of the Indonesian government, Interpol issued a 'red notice' putting him at extreme risk of extradition should he travel.
An Australian widower living in New Guinea starts a relationship with a woman very similar to his much-beloved wife, but their life together turns out to be far from the imagined romantic ideal.
Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.
Melissa and Jonathan are worlds apart and when they meet, Jonathan's controversial ideas mean their conversations erupt in a fiery clash of minds.
Rajky, žijící takřka výhradně na Nové Guinei v Tichém oceánu, patří k nejkrásnějším ptákům světa. Do 19. století je nikdo, kromě domorodců, živé neviděl. Prvním Evropanem, který je spatřil, byl v roce 1854 britský přírodovědec Alfred Russell Wallace... David Attenborough představuje vlastní teorii k mystériu a odhalení, posedlosti a vědeckým zjištěním, které obklopují nepolapitelné rajské ptáky. Osobně strávil celý život jejich natáčením a často se mu podařilo zachytit je při některé činnosti vůbec poprvé. Zároveň se věnoval výzkumu rajských ptáků v přirozeném prostředí jejich domova v nitru těžko přístupného pralesa i pozůstatků jejich exemplářů ve sbírkách evropských muzeí. Sir Attenborough přibližuje vášeň a nadšení vyvolané rajskými ptáky v mnoha lidských srdcích, od sběratelů přes malíře až po přírodovědce a dokumentaristy.
Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a tree kangaroo from extinction and ended up providing water and sanitation to ten thousand people in one of the most remote places on earth.
The western half of the island of New Guinea has been known by many names including Netherlands New Guinea, West Papua, Irian Jaya and Papua. It is an extraordinary place where snow-capped mountains drain into massive rivers and 250 languages are spoken. For centuries, the world has jostled for control of this rugged, isolated region, with its abundant natural resources and strategic position. Through eyewitness accounts and rare archival film, this fascinating documentary paints a picture that is intimate in detail but epic in scope. It is a sweeping saga of colonial ambitions, cold war sellouts and fervent nationalism, which highlights the role of players such as Australia and the UN at crucial points.
National Geographic joins author and explorer Piers Gibbon as he investigates one of mankind's ultimate taboos: cannibalism.
Gibbon treks into the rain forest of Papua New Guinea to find tribe members who ate human flesh. And, meets the members of the once-feared Biami tribe to witness their ritual techniques.
"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology, particularly in the context of Papua New Guinea, from the perspective of the people being studied.
A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex web of interests that span the earth from powerful nations and multinational corporations to tribal and village leaders. This documentary offers unique insights into a multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid dollars are spent.
Set on the Upper Sepik River in New Guinea, this film records the day-to-day experiences of Kiap (one-man representative of the Australian government in regional areas) Barry Downes as he patrols an area that in 1963 had only recently been brought under control from headhunters. As well as being a record of the role of the colonial administration, Along the Sepik offers insights into some tribal communities' cultures through depictions of their spirit houses and traditional 'sing sing' ceremonies. Downes investigates a murder, and the culprit is caught and tried by a magistrate in a jungle courthouse under the Australian flag, on the edge of the Sepik River. Australian patrol officers and their men operated under rugged conditions to bring western law and order to this remote area. The film also portrays some of the impact the colonial government had on regional, traditional communities.
Joe Leahy is the half-caste son of one of the first explorers of the Papua New Guinean interior. The documentary explores his relationship with the tribes that work his coffee plantation and explores what happens when the coffee market situation becomes more difficult.
A man encounters colorful characters while driving a taxi in Papua New Guinea.