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Robert Gardner and Peter Matthiessen Discuss 1961 New Guinea Expedition

In this 1996 interview, Robert Gardner and Peter Matthiessen discuss their 1961 trip to New Guinea, which resulted in Mr. Gardner’s film “Dead Birds” and Mr. Matthiessen’s book “Under the Mountain Wall.”

Interview filmed by Richard P. Rogers and Robert Fulton. Originally posted by New York Times, July 14th 2014.


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