In the sun-baked Australian Outback in 1893, Molly Johnson (Leah Purcell), a mother of four with another on the way, is independent and capable, two qualities necessary for a woman whose partner is away from their homestead for months at a time. When Molly discovers an Aboriginal fugitive and potential mass murderer, Yadaka (Rob Collins), on the doorstep of her isolated farmhouse, she briefly allows him refuge. But it’s the subsequent arrival of a new government-appointed law enforcement agent in the region that triggers a series of events that test Molly’s mission to protect her children at all costs. Loosely inspired by a 1892 short story by Henry Lawson, Aboriginal writer-director-star Purcell has crafted a film (based on her own stage play) that is part thriller, part Western, that layers in a feminist and Indigenous perspective traditionally absent in those genres.