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[room42]

Stan Christmas Ransom: Matt Okine, Ed Oxenburgh, Matty J. and Miranda Tapsell open up about the new festive movie on Stan

Stan Christmas Ransom: Matt Okine, Ed Oxenburgh, Matty J. and Miranda Tapsell open up about the new festive movie on Stan

This is not a drill: It’s December and Christmas is finally here. In a festive tradition, after previously releasing A Sunburnt Christmas and Christmas on the Farm, Stan have a new release for this festive season. Christmas Ransom is now streaming is guaranteed to become an instant family favourite for the holiday season. The Stan Original Film Christmas Ransom is streaming now, only on Stan. The…

[theoscarsproject]

First Contact (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 their astonishment at this unforeseen meeting. 

This is a really fascinating slice of history and an interesting chapter in both Australia and Papua New Guinea's history. A meeting point of worlds and a really up close and uncomfortably personal look at colonialism in action. Depressing, but pretty remarkable as an historical insight. 7/10.