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Part of Salt, Sea and ZombiesWutharr, Saltwater Dreams
Australia 2016, 28:53 mins
In Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams, a group of Karrabing family members become stranded in a remote saltwater landscape when their boat engine fails. As they wait for help, stories emerge about what caused the breakdown. These explanations move between everyday reasoning and ancestral knowledge. The film unfolds as a layered conversation about land, memory, and responsibility. The saltwater country itself becomes an active presence, shaping both narrative and action. Through humor, disagreement, and storytelling, the film reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems interpret events differently from bureaucratic or technological explanations. Infrastructure, machines, and environment appear as entangled forces within a living landscape.