Based on a 1930`s story of an Aboriginal tracker who was not allowed on the property of white settlers whose child had become lost. The creative team behind this film comprises songwriters/musicians Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody - Paul Kelly actually stars in the film as the father of the lost child - and screenwriter John Romeril. Kaarin Fairfax plays the mother and Kelton Pell the tracker.
This important and beautiful film is a major step forward for director Rachel Perkins, she shows a sureness of purpose, a divine vision of landscape and man in this film which is about us, Indigenous Australians, white Australians. The music is a perfect fit thematically. It`s beautiful and the performances are just great.
