SYNOPSIS

In 1984, the last family of Indigenous Australians known to make contact with European settlers walked out of the Great Sandy Desert and joined the modern world. Known as the ‘Pintupi 9’, five surviving family members are now reuniting on a mission. Some believe there are still ‘bush people’ out there and only Pintupi who grew up with the traditional ways have the tracking abilities and ancient knowledge to find them.

As the brothers and sisters reconnect for the first time in decades, we join them on an extraordinary journey. Their sublime artwork carries them from the desert to New York City, leading to meetings with Beyoncé, Jay Z and actor Steve Martin. Then home again to their sacred sites and songlines in the most remote desert in Australia. Their story of pre-contact life represents the last chance to record first-person memories of a 60,000 year old culture. As the Pintupi 9 follow fresh footprints in the sand will they discover they weren’t the ‘last nomads’?

Images: Chadden Hunter