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Rangerlu tuku pirra ngalypa warrarn – Rangers look after the desert ‘healthy Country’

Documentary film

Film Synopsis

In November 2024, two Indigenous ranger teams set out on a 1,900 kilometre journey from the remote community of Bidyadanga in Western Australia to Uluru. Their destination: the largest gathering of Indigenous desert rangers in Australia – the Indigenous Desert Alliance Conference. Along the way, they were joined by 12 other ranger teams from across the Western Deserts. What began as 20 rangers became a powerful convoy of over 90, arriving together in the heart of Australia.

Keep your mind free out here, don't have to worry about anything, just worry about the tyres."

Julian Nagomarra, Karajarri Rangers

Film Credits

A Hammersley Productions Film by Salty Davenport. 
In association with Indigenous Desert Alliance.
Starring rangers from the desert country of Australia. 
Animations by Sandbox. Colour grading by Sam Holman. 
Music by Pat Devlin, James Range Band, Floodlights, and The Pretty Littles.

"People from the desert came to together...they were connected in every way."

Lynette Wildridge, Nyangumarta Rangers
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