The Highlands Trilogy watch order
There are 3 The Highlands Trilogy films, about 3 hours in total. The first was released in 1982, the latest in 1992. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
An astonishing documentary series which was filmed over a ten year period in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
- 1
First Contact (1982)
1 Oct 1982
"First Contact" is a 1983 documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson which recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interior highlands of New Guinea in 1930 in what had been thought to be an uninhabited area. It is based on the book of the same name by the same authors. Inhabitants of the region and surviving members of the Leahy brothers' gold prospecting party recount
- 2
Joe Leahy's Neighbors (1988)
1 Jan 1988 · 90 min
Joe Leahy and his complicated relationship with the Guniga people in the Papua New Guinea highlands.
- 3
Black Harvest (1992)
4 Apr 1992 · 90 min
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.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.