A film by
Jean-Pierre Dutilleux purports to show first contact between a group of
Toulambi, reportedly a part of the Angu People, and White people in December 1993. It has been accused of being staged by anthropologist Pierre Lemonnier, who claims a first-hand relationship with the tribe. Lemonnier, however, was sued for defamation and lost the case. A first contact between the Toulambi tribe was also reported in
The Sydney Morning Herald on 22 October 1993, not long before the meeting with Dutilleux: Government officials in Papua New Guinea say they have discovered another 'lost tribe' [...] The latest group, dubbed the Toulambi tribe, apparently was discovered in a remote area of thick jungle in the Papua New Guinea Highlands... Two near-naked members of the tribe were 'scared to death' when taken by a hunting party to the nearest government station to taste store food and view white men and aeroplanes for the first time... But some people remain sceptical. They believe the group may belong to known isolated border tribes but have been left off the latest census. ==References==