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Pearls and Savages

Name: Pearls and Savages
Released: 1921

1921

This pioneering documentary follows famed Australian photographer Frank Hurley on an expedition into Papua New Guinea, capturing the peoples, wildlife, and pearl-diving of the region. A landmark early ethnographic film.

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Part of 3 Movies Set in or About Papua New Guinea

This film is stop 3 of 3 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Papua New Guinea. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

This outside view can stamp Papua New Guinea in the 196 country film challenge.