Putuparri and the Rainmakers

"PUTUPARRI AND THE RAINMAKERS is an astonishing ten-year labour of love by filmmaker Nicole Ma, documenting the fragile line by which endangered Indigenous cultures are passed from one generation to the next. The fragility of this slender thread has been observed in other films, but rarely with such compassion, honesty and richness of detail. The poignancy of the film is profound as we gradually come to understand the personal burden of responsibility which drives Spider and Dolly, and transforms the lives of the next generation." - Andrew Pike

Putuparri is a man caught between two worlds: the deeply spiritual universe of his traditional culture and life in modern society, where he struggles with alcoholism and domestic violence.

Putuparri begins to accept his future as a leader as he journeys to his ancestral lands, where his elders have held rituals to bring rain for generations.