在这部普图帕里和求雨者片中,A documentary about an Aboriginal man living in Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia that maps out his ancestors' spiritual connection to the land and his family's continuing custodianship of it. 汤姆·普图帕里·罗福德是一个夹在两个世界之间的人，不断地在菲茨罗伊渡口的现实世界的生活和作为民族文化领导者的命运之间挣扎着。汤姆与来自西方社会的诱惑搏斗着，同时，他又想重归他的祖先之地，学习他的传统文化，承担起把这些知识传授给下一代的责任。导演尼克•马花了超过十年的时间记录普图帕里的历程，他和普图帕里及其家族一起无数次前往澳大利亚西部大沙沙漠的科塔尔。对于普图帕里的家族而言，科塔尔是个无比重要的宗教圣地，过去千年，他们都会在那里求雨。过去二十年，这个家族都在争取着他们对这片土地的所有权。 以对这片传统之地的长期争夺为背景，这部纪录片充满感染力与视觉震撼，讲述了一个关于爱情、希望以及土著法律和文化如何在种种不利的条件下存活下来的故事。
Tom 'Putuparri' Lawford has been fighting for 20 years to regain his people's sacred watering hole of Kurtal. Supported by his grandparents Spider and Dolly, Putuparri navigates the deep chasm between his Western upbringing and his traditional culture. Plagued by alcoholism and domestic violence, Putuparri must stay strong and put his historic culture first if he is to secure the future of Kurtal for his people.
