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Desert Heart
a film by David Batty
After 40 years in exile,Yulparitja elders take Daniel Walbidi, their most promising young artist, back to the desert heartland they left behind.

In the remote Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga a new art movement has emerged. At its helm is a young Aboriginal man who is well on the way to international fame and possible fortune. Daniel Walbidi paints the desert country that his parents walked out of 40 years ago. Now, with the rock holes, sandhills and salt lakes of their country revitalized through the creation of the paintings, they are determined to go back and show Daniel their desert country for the first time.

At Sun Pictures
Located in Carnarvon Street -the Heart of Broome's Chinatown

Adults - $15 • Concession - $11.50 • Children - $10 • Family (4)- $42

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Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls
a film by David Batty

This epic story of the Sisters of St John of God is set against one of the darkest and untold periods of Australia's past where slavery, leprosy, war and brutal government policies impacted on the local Aboriginal people.

The Sisters of St John of God have lived and worked amongst Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the North West of Australia, for almost 100 years. This epic story of Irish and Australian nuns is set against the rich and tragic history of the Kimberley region and the government policies of the day. Using rare archival material, re-enactments and contemporary anecdotes, the shared experiences of the Aborigines and the Sisters create a compelling story of loss, determination and survival.