FINALIST FILM: INDIGENOUS AND FIRST NATIONS

Theme: Human Connection

Directed by: Luke Sweet

Country of Origin: Australia

Join the Nyangumarta Rangers as they travel through desert country on the road to Kiwirrkurra in Western Australia.

Over four days in August 2021, the Nyangumarta Rangers share skills, stories and song with eleven Kiwirrkurra and three Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Rangers from Borroloola.

Together, the rangers hunt for feral cats over spinifex covered sand plains, discover the burrows of the endangered Tjalapa (Great Desert Skink) and visit Wilkinkara, a breathtaking salt lake and sacred place for the Pintupi people.

We acknowledge the Nyangumarta and Kiwirrkurra Traditional Owners of the land upon which this film was produced. We acknowledge elders past, present and future as well as the ongoing role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in caring for country.

Director Biography - Luke Sweet

Luke is an environment communicator and creative who is dedicated to working with Traditional Owners and communities to tell their stories.

Luke has spent the last decade campaigning for climate action and conservation initiatives in Western Australia using film and photography to communicate environmental justice stories.

Credits

Director - Luke Sweet

Producer - Jacob Loughridge

Indigenous Desert Alliance