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Pearls and Savages (1921)


Production company Stoll Hurley Productions
Producer Frank Hurley
Director Frank Hurley

Acknowledgements

This documentary features Indigenous peoples from the Torres Strait Islands and Papua New Guinea including: Thursday, Murray, Coconut, Darnley, Mabuiag Islands in the Torres Strait; Hanuabada (near Port Moresby), the coastal villages of Urama and Kaimare at the mouth of the Kikori River, Fly and Strickland Rivers and Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea.