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A father struggles to come to terms with the discovery of his wife's affair.

A young African immigrant, Achiro, is torn between her dreams of becoming a filmmaker and the financial pressures to provide for her family back home.

A young Aboriginal man, Jarman, is tasked with protecting his younger disabled brother from life in a harsh remote community. His father, Thunder, wants him to become the leader of the tribe and mocks any weakness in him. Brianol, the disabled brother, is seen as useless and yet Jarman senses that the boy has a great connection to the land and spirit. After witnessing abuse and intimidation from their overbearing father, Jarman takes matters into his own hands and flees with Brianol to the desert. Thunder pursues them, aiming to bring Jarman home and abandoning Brianol to die. Helped by a dreaming creature "Mamu", the boys eventually escape and Jarman is given the physical strength to stand up to his father.

Rottnest Island, Western Australia. A beautiful place that is culturally and spiritually significant to Aboriginal people. And also a site where gross harm took place and hundreds of Aboriginal men are buried in unmarked graves.

The film celebrates the remarkable similarities between Nyungar knowledge and Western science. It takes the audience through a 300 million year journey, as the two hosts they walk the magnificent Swan River from its source to the ocean.