All language subtitles for True Colours s01e00.eng

- My name is Rarriwuy Hick,
and I'm playing Toni Alma.

Toni Alma is an indigenous
woman, an Arrernte woman

from a fictional remote
aboriginal community

called Perdar Theendar.

We meet Toni Alma

as she returns back to her
community as a detective.

You really get to see
how challenging it can be

being an indigenous
woman and a detective

in an aboriginal community,

and trying to live
between those two worlds.

I had the amazing Marie
Ellis, who's from Amoonguna,

teach me central Arrernte.

[speaking in Arrernte]

[Toni speaking in Arrernte]

[speaking in Arrernte]

- Yeah.

[speaking in Arrernte]

- This is police business now.

I love language.

I think language
is so important.

To me, it's more than just
a form of communication.

It's a way to

speak

to your spirit,
or it's also like,

it says who you are and where
you come from, you know.

That's a big part
of your identity,

whatever language
it is, you know.

I think we have a
lot of stories that

hidden stories here in Australia
that still need to be told,

you know, and

really being brave with
how we tell our stories,

I think is important to do that.

You know, the more we can
learn from one another

and sit together, and
listen and acknowledge

the beautiful and rich
culture that we do have here.

One of the oldest
cultures in the world.

Once we are able
to do that, I think

things will really move
and change for all of us.

And at that point we,

we being Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people

and people of this country,
will be accepted and things.

And what better way to do it
than through art, you know,

through storytelling. This
is something that we're,

we're so good at.

Wow.

This is beautiful.

[Speaking Arrernte]

- Paris?

[Speaking Arrernte]

[Everyone laughs]

You really gotta follow Eileen.

Erica Glynn,

this is the first
time working with her,

and that's been

amazing.

She is such a powerhouse,

and someone I really
look up to because she,

yeah, she's just,

not only has this whole legacy
that she carries, you know,

but she's just such
an incredible person

and this is her
country down here,

so she's also

going,

you know, this is my home.

You know,

run with it, you
know, and trust it.

There's just been a lot of
trust, you know, from everyone.

And then Uncle
Warren H. Williams,

he's such a humble, very
humble man, you know,

He doesn't ever,

you know, you just,

And he too,

like,

this is his baby.

And I say this, every
time I say this,

I get really emotional
when I tell him this, but

you know when,

yeah, when someone trusts
you with their story,

and you know.

I'm not countryman from here.

I'm long way from my home,

but I feel like I've been
embraced by everyone here.

And.

And yeah, just that trust
has been really amazing.

So I've worked with Steven
McGregor quite a few times

and it's

so, it's really
nice to come back.

It's been a while since
I've worked with him,

so it's nice to come back
and work with him again.

And also Murray Louie
who's our DOP, you know.

Feeling like you're
a part of a family

and that's not
just mob from here,

but that's also the cast
all cast and crew, you know.

We knew that this was
something special, you know.

I remember when we were
in rehearsals and pre

and I was like,

Ooh, I have goosebumps.

I can feel

there's something
about this show

that's gonna be groundbreaking.

And it's different
and it's special.

[bugs and birds]

[speaking Arrernte]

I've been,

performing, acting
for 12, 13 years now,

and a lot of my roles, I've
been the victim of something,

and to play a role where

she is this strong, determined,

you know, hard working,

desired,

intelligent, black woman

who is a detective.

And

it's different.

And it's something that I've
been craving for, you know.

Been craving that
for so long and yeah,

it's,

yeah, it's been,

yeah, it's been a huge
honor playing this role.

[muffled club music]

Where the hell would
she wear these?

- Bingo.

[club music]

- Where would Mariah
get this much cash?

- I don't know.

- There's over $15,000 there.

- Teenager with this
much hidden money,

suggests something illegal,

drugs, gambling,
selling stolen goods.

- Yeah, well, she
wouldn't do that.

She's a good girl.

- Yeah?

You didn't know she was
sneaking out to Perdar Theendar.

You didn't know about the money.

- Then you tell me.

You go and find out why she
died and you come and tell me.

Okay?

Fuck.

- This is my first time
working with Luke Arnold.

I,

we did a chemistry test just
before doing the shoot. And

so that was my first
time meeting him.

And I knew immediately

meeting him, I was like, Yep,

this is someone I feel
like we are gonna,

we are really gonna push each
other to bring out the best

in each other in
this, in this job.

And,

and it has been like that.

It's been so amazing
working alongside him.

- Rhonda just wanted an
update on where we're at.

- Okay.

- So in total we've
interviewed a number of people

in Alice Springs
and Perdar Theendar,

but there's no
major suspects yet.

And Broderick's account
was pretty similar

to what Samuel reported,

Mariah was already on the road,

all they did, was take
her to the clinic.

- Did you find out what
happened to his hand?

- Yes, said he burnt it.

- Did he say how.

- Reckon it was another
kangaroo cook up.

- Do you believe him?

- No, not for a minute.

I think he was trying to
get into the burning car.

- But Mariah was
already on the road.

- Yeah, exactly.

He let something else slip
too, said they saw headlights

of a vehicle driving away
when they approached.

But when I asked if he knew
the car, he backed off.

- He's hiding something.

- Yeah, I reckon.

- Good work, keep on it.

Let me know how you go.

[Nick sighs]

- Hey Nick, thank you.

- What the fuck's
going on, Toni?

- It'll always hold a
special place in my heart

and

yeah,

and it's nice to,

Yeah, those ranges are amazing.

You never get sick of
looking at that country.

You always look
and you're in awe

and it changes all the time
with the light and everything.

You're like, Wow.

I find myself.

Every day I try and just sit
with the country, you know.

In the morning or afternoon

or whenever I just
need some quiet.

In between takes or scenes

I just try and sit with the
country and listen to it

and just be present.

[suspenseful music]

- I'm Luke Arnold and
I play Nick Gawler,

who is not only the recently
declared ex-boyfriend of Toni,

but also another detective.

So yeah, we have both
kind of a relationship

and a work relationship

that we're working
through during the show.

- [Woman On Phone]
I'm sending out

another detective to assist you.

- Sure.

Who is it?

- How to define Nick?

You know, my idea
was a little bit

that he was a social
social worker before,

which I think gives him

a different way of
working with people.

And that also,
while he is a cop,

he's really interested
in Aboriginal culture

and especially cause
his love of Toni

and wanting to be
part of her world.

That while he is coming
in with a job to do

and he does wanna find
out what happened.

That that is kind of as
equally important to him

as understanding the
people in this world.

[brooding music]

- She's not here.

What the fuck? This
woman got no shame.

- What?

- The borders are black,

the artists here don't
paint them like that.

- Okay,

but can we focus on
one crime at a time?

[Toni chuckles]

- So, where else would
they go to paint?

Working in Amoonguna,

and working with
people in the community

and a lot of local actors
and first time actors

has been a huge
highlight of this.

Already being able to
see some of the footage

of some of these local actors

who haven't done anything before

and they're just incredible.

Feel very kind of humbled
by working alongside them

and seeing what they bring.

As well as everyone is
just so forthcoming with

whether it's teaching
a bit of language

or a little bit about the land

and all the smoking
ceremonies we had.

It's been a real welcoming
and educational experience

from beginning to end.

[somber music]

[kids playing]

[dogs barking]

We were really lucky that,

because of all the
Covid stuff going on,

a lot of us were able to get
to Alice Springs a bit early,

which means,

which meant that Rarriwuy
and I had a lot of time

to do some rehearsals
at the beginning

to spend some time together.

And it's a real privilege

that you don't get
on a lot of things.

So it was great because

we had time to really chart a
relationship through the story

Because it is a mystery,
it's a detective show

for a lot of the scenes
that kind of takes the,

that's where most
of the text is.

So it was really helpful for us

that we had this time
to dig into the subtext.

And then also

then we had time
to like, you know,

go and have a drink
and, you know,

sometimes we were like, you
know, sitting at the pub,

going through all our lines
there and kind of working on it,

which meant that you kind of
get to build the relationship

and kind of these memories
and a sense of each other,

which really informs us
when we're gonna do scenes,

when we are talking
about the characters

spending time in Alice together.

- How did Samuel handle Xavier?

Was he genuinely
chasing answers?

- You really don't trust
your uncle, do you?

- We know Brendan
was with Mariah,

so those fellahs are
covering something up

and Samuel's letting them.

- Okay,

so how do we find out
who's telling the truth?

I've been working as
an actor in Australia

since I finished drama
school in about 2006.

And this really feels,
more than anything else,

like I'm part of a
real Australian story,

doing something that
hasn't been done before,

showing a side of Australia

that I don't think we've
seen on a TV series before.

Especially because we
hear English and Arrernte,

we're in a community,
we see some things

about aboriginal culture that

I didn't really know about
and especially to this extent.

So I feel really proud
to be part of this story

and I've been learning
a lot as part of it,

as far as being a part of it.

And I feel really proud that
I get to be part of the story

that we get to share
with other people

and show some things
that they might not know.

[phone says Arrernte word]
[Nick repeats Arrernte word]

[speaking in Arrernte]

- I'm Miranda Otto. I'm
playing Isabelle in True Colors

and you wanna introduce
yourself, Marie.

My name's Marie Elena Ellis

and I'm the Arrernte
translator and interpreter

and working closely
with Miranda.

- Yeah.

I first met Marie here,

first of all, she sent
me some recordings,

which was really helpful,

but I realized I was gonna
have to do some serious work.

And then I met Marie at
the production office

and she has this whole amazing
classroom set up in there

with all the dialogue
up on the wall

and it written phonetically
and then it written in Arrernte

and written in English.

- So there's a
character named Viv

that's in episode one, page 37.

In English she's
saying, Hey pull up.

You know, you got no shame.

And then in Arrernte,
[speaking Arrernte]

and then that's
in Arrernte and in

phonetically I break
it down in orange.

It's been a challenge.

Really it's been a challenge.

Yeah working with
you like, you know,

first, second, the
third day you nail it.

You got the sounding of the
words in Arrernte and like,

I was surprised in how
quickly you learnt because

you're my good student because
you listen to instructions.

And the sounding that
you make to sound.

- Thank you.
- You know?

- Yeah. What was really
great was like I,

I'm just one of those people

who like always wants to just
try and get in and nail it

and you're like, relax,

breathe.
- Breathe.

- So like, I could do it better.
I was getting better at it

when I wasn't thinking
about it so much.

- And I keep telling
Miranda to, you know,

just clear your mind, close
your eye, close your mouth

and open your ears and
just inhale and exhale.

And that helped
a lot. Didn't it?

- It did. Actually a lot
of my experience here

has been like that.
I think, you know,

you come in sometimes
with your city mentality,

you know, you're like
fast, fast, busy, busy.

Must do this, must achieve that.

It's been really nice
to be here and just like

settle into things.

And a lot of it is
about listening.

Yeah. You'd say close your
eyes, just listen to what I say.

- Listen to the
rhythm, the sound,

when we speaking.

And that's the easiest
way to learn it,

is listening to the
sound and the rhythm.

Like the one you got like

[speaking Arrernte]

Remember that?

- Yes, We spent a
long time on Akaltja.

- Mmm. Akaltja.

And you keep saying
Aah-kiii-tcha

And I said Aah-kal-tcha.

And I said you gotta say
it like, you mean like.

- Like you're a desert woman.

- Yeah. You gotta say
it like you mean it.

[speaking Arrernte]

- If you must know
my fee is 60%.

If you're that interested,

I could sell you
one at family rates.

- How much?

- For family

45, 50,000.

[speaking Arrernte]

Cause you were saying
Arrernte is different

to like all the different
indigenous languages

in Australia are all different.

But that this one,
you were saying,

was particularly
straightforward and like very

like not loose and slow.
It's very like direct.

- Direct, direct.

No time waster.

- Yeah.

- You know, you got
no time to waste.

You just gotta say it,
communicate, and then move on.

- Yeah.
- It's like bang and then go.

It's like

in the desert, it's all about

that communication. You gotta
say it straight to, you know,

you gotta walk maybe a
hundred Ks or whatever

to the nearest water hole.

So you have to have
that minimum language

and that clear
instruction and direction.

- Yeah.

And like, yeah.

And Arrernte is the hardest
language in, you know,

to try and learn to speak
it and learn it and whatever

in two weeks or whatever.
- Yeah.

- But I think you'd nailed it.

You've nailed it. Definitely.

- You're so, so kind.

You're so kind.

- And every time
you said it on set,

like when you was
doin' your line, like,

I get these goosebumps and I
was like, yes, she nailed it.

Yeah. Because like you
listen to direction.

- What does it feel like to
have your language spoken

in a television show?

- Well, it's gonna be awesome.

It's gonna be like,

it's gonna make a lot of
Arrernte nation proud, really.

- I mean, for me
that's one of the most,

the things I'm proudest
of with the series

that we've managed to
get Arrernte language in,

you know.

When you in Central Australia,
when you're in Alice Springs,

it's very, very
difficult to ignore

that there are many,
many Aboriginal languages

alive and being spoken.

Doesn't matter what
culture you come from,

white fellas, black fellas,
Africans, Indians, Asians.

Aboriginal language is alive

and very, very
present in this town.

And to actually make
a series without it

would be incredibly odd, set
this town, like really odd.

So, and as you probably know,

that guy who came up with the
initial idea, Warren Williams,

he's an Arrernte Man, so,
and he's from, you know,

born and bred in
this town. And so

it was natural

that we were gonna head
to the Arrernte language,

because Alice Springs
is on Arrernte land.

And it's a joy for me
because that's my background.

I come from community
media where we,

a lot of our work

was about giving space
to aboriginal languages.

And

look, to be honest,

the rest of the country
are doing little bit better

in understanding

the value of the languages
from this country,

the original languages
from this country.

But perhaps they're
not doing enough.

So it's good. I'm really,
yeah, like I said,

I'm really, really proud to,
you know, give it another boost

and put it in people's faces

and let them feel it
and hear it and see it.

And I know that a
lot of our local cast

are very, very happy about
us taking that approach.

[speaking Arrernte]

- Yeah, they're beautiful.

But I'm actually looking for
this lady right here, Yvette.

Do you know her?

[speaking Arrernte]

No, I don't wanna
buy her paintings.

I just wanna talk to her.

[speaking Arrernte]

- Which clinic?

- You, bigshot. Figure it out.

- For me. I mean,

I live between Alice
Springs and Sydney,

and when I walk down the
street in Sydney where I live,

every single house has an
Aboriginal artwork on its wall.

And, you know,

that's bloody fantastic

because the art industry is a
vital part of this community.

But I don't know
that everybody knows,

They might know a little bit
of the story of that artwork.

They might know some
of the symbolism in it,

but I don't know if they know
where it really comes from,

where it's, and you know,

I think it's important for
them to understand that.

So, you know, we chose
to set our mystery

in the aboriginal art world,
and to give it some context

for the deeper
meaning of that art.

And you know, that there
are owners of that art

and other caretakers of that art

or that, you know,

people are willing to go to
great lengths to protect that.

[speaking Arrernte]

- Yeah,

of course.

We've got boomerangs,

spears,

digging sticks,

grinding stones, shields,

men and women together,

hunting and traveling from
waterhole to waterhole.

- Almost.

It's actually young people
hunting in the Sand hills.

It talks about how they
used to walk around naked

and how they'd swim together

and make love by the waterholes.

It's beautiful. Huh?

- Great.

- It is a common experience
for a lot of aboriginal people

that they are for some reason

distant from their homelands
and their communities.

And

When Rarriwuy Hick, who
is our lead actress,

read the script, she said,

Oh my gosh, this is my story.

I actually lived
away from my home,

away from my family
for quite a lot of time

and I've had to renegotiate it.

And in the process
of negotiating my way

and reconnecting with my family

and one of the big themes
in our series is that,

and

yeah,

she's probably not the only
person to have said that

when she's read the
scripts. It's like,

Oh, this is my story. This
is my story, you know.

[speaking Arrernte]
[Toni laughing]

- Yeah I know, mum.

I'm sorry.

- People are still living

in very, very close
family group situations

and our families are often
very big and very extended,

and that's your world, you know.

And so it felt right

that our lead cop

is investigating her own family.

And in fact, you know, to
be honest, what happened was

Warren said who he wanted
the murderer to be.

When he first sort of pitched
it with his one line idea,

he said, and I want
the murderer to be.

- You said you'd bring him back.

Now he's dead.

What the fuck happened?

[speaking Arrernte]

- In English!

- I found him.

He knew he was in trouble.

He took off.

Crashed.

And now he's,

finished up.

- Did you go alone?

Did you take anyone with you?

Was he sung, punishment for
stealing those paintings?

[speaking Arrernte]

- You've got no fuckin' respect.

- Don't you hide
behind our culture.

Sleeping with
Isabelle? Drinking?

You're full of shit.

You choose the cultural
line when it suits you.

- I know where my line is.

I might have broken whitefella
law, not my family law.

- Amoonguna
community just rocks.

You cannot pay for this
stuff. You cannot set it up.

You cannot art direct
it. You cannot direct it.

The massive, massive backing,
the massive involvement,

the day to day just
graciousness and

support,

and to my great relief

pride it's bringing to people.

Like you're seeing people
lift their heads and be amazed

and do amazing things

that they thought that
they would never do before.

Like, it just gives

A. it gives me
deep satisfaction,

but it just gives me
pride for them too.

Like, you could not
ask for anything else.

You could not ask for
for more. You couldn't.

- [Isabelle] If we don't
find her, I'm screwed.

I'm sure Xavier's involved.

We should have Xavier
charged with kidnapping.

[speaking foreign language]

Uuh, careful.

Speaking another language
will make me think

that you're trying to
hide something from me.

- Hey, you are good.

You noticed.

- That's Latji language.

It's from southside.

We had a bet you'd be able
to pick it up, our loss.

[panicked Arrernte]

- Is he breathing?

Can you tell if he's breathing?

[speaking Arrernte]

- Brendan, Brendan, Brendan.

- There's no doubt
that the local casting

done by Peta-Lee
and Tanith is like,

they've knocked it
out of the ballpark.

Every single person that
stands in front of that camera

has been ready
and willing to go.

And they want to perfect it.

And they are, they sizzle
on screen. It's just,

I'm so thankful
because, you know,

I wondered whether or not

we were gonna be able to
pull this off, and we have.

In the first instance,

that they have a
bloody great experience

watching a great narrative,

a great kind of story journey
and stuff. But you know,

I'm a black filmmaker.
My responsibility is never, you know,

there are dual
responsibilities with what I do

in everything that I make.

I've gotta make this
be a great story.

I've also gotta give
insights into my community,

insights into our world and
insights into our culture.

And not in a fake way. I've
gotta do that in a real way,

in a way that gives my community
pride and makes them go,

Yes, that's right.

I feel like I'm
represented correctly.

So yeah, that's the big
hope. And it's not easy.

None of that's easy. So, and
we're not quite there yet.

[women wailing]

[paint smearing]

[wailing continues]

[melancholy hawk squawk]

- My name's Steve McGregor.

I'm one of the directors
along with Erica Glynn

and also one of the writers

along with Erica and
Danielle MacLean.

For me what True
Colors represents

is family, culture,
land, and law.

And all that is
represented in the artwork,

which comes from the
land and the law.

And our main character, Toni,
who's played by Rarriwuy Hick,

is thrust in the
middle of that story,

that confluence of
thematic storylines.

And she has to navigate
her way through that.

So she's at the center
of that narrative.

Now I've known Erica for a
very, very long time and there's

very lucky to work with her.

I've worked with her
in various capacities

but not co-directing before,

and it's a very
respectful relationship.

You know, I think

I know we're leaning
on each other at times

and we just
questioning storylines

or a way to approach things.

So it's a very open
dialogue and sharing.

You know, if we take the
storyline this way or that way

or how are you
shaping the character.

So when I'm directing those
actors, that they're not thrown.

It's like, a clean line for
the character's journey.

So no, it's been really good.

And also being in the
story room with her

alongside Danielle MacLean
and Warren Williams.

You know, we came
up with a story.

So we're both
intimately involved.

It's exciting cause you write it

and people make things
happen, you know.

It's all there. So
it's been amazing.

And then you get
actors to say the words

and then they bring
their craft to it

and then they do things that
you'd never expected before

and it brings it to life.

It's just exciting to see
everyone working so hard

to bring it to life. And
it's interesting, like,

I like the fact that I'm not,

I'm directing Danielle's
script, not one of my,

I'm directing one of my own,
but also directing Danielle's

and interpreting her words.

And Erica's directing
one of my scripts

and she's coming at
it with her voice

and her sense of
stories. And you know,

basically once you hand a
script over to a director,

I think you have to give
over that ownership.

- I gotta go to my
family's out station.

I think Brendan
might be out there.

- All right, I'll come with you.

- You can't, I gotta go alone.

- How's that gonna work?

If Brendan killed Mariah.

Toni, we can't have him
arrested by his own sister.

- My uncle Ezekiel is out there,

He's the big boss for all of us.

He's not gonna let his
nephew jump in the car

with a white cop.

- Okay,

but don't interview him.

Don't even talk to him.

Just bring him back here and
we do it together, officially.

- Well I think
it's very important

because a lot of
people down south

have no idea that
this world exists.

And there's a whole system of
governance and law and culture

that's been here since, you
know, the first sun rose.

And to have language, which
is identity, you know,

we're saying
identity exists here

and that's the
Australian identity.

And it ain't going anywhere. So,

And it gives

Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people pride

to hear language on
television screens

cause it's never
heard, you know,

not in this sense where
a whole drama series

is based in a community.

And you can just see
a lot of our actors,

who aren't professional
actors, they come to life,

the fact that they can speak
their language on television

and they're up against
some good actors

and they're holding
their ground, you know,

they're not intimidated.

And I think it's really special.

- What did he say?

[speaking Arrernte]

- How many men were out there?

[speaking in Arrernte]

- How long were they
out in the desert for?

- You got a couple of weeks.

- Couple of weeks?

I thought men's business
went for months.

[speaking Arrernte]

- Every day's a highlight,
every day's a challenge.

But it's,

I mean we have a really
hardworking, respectful crew.

You know, you're only
as good as your crew.

So you have that support
behind you. And I think,

I mean basically that's
my highlight, really.

Cause a lot of these crew mob
haven't been up here before,

you know.

And they've all
been overwhelmed and

taken in by the countryside,
the people, the culture.

So I think they will
take that back with them,

which is very important, you
know, and share those stories.

And a lot of 'em said they
wanna come back or hang around

and, you know, explore
the countryside.

So I mean that's another
highlight. Sharing stories.

And I'm listening
to crew members

getting taught language by Marie

and you know, Warren and
that, and they're all,

they're very inquisitive.

And it's not just
tokenism either.

It's genuine.

They wanna learn and listen.
So that's another highlight.

Yeah. But like I say,
every day is a highlight.

- My name is Warren H. Williams.

I'm a western Arrernte man
and I'm also a Waramanga man

from my grandmother's side.

Waramanga is Weston Creek way.

And the character Samuel

is someone that I've known.

He's my father, he's my
brother, he's my cousin,

he's my son, he's my, you know.

And, he's that person

that will always
be there for you.

You know, that's who Samuel is.

When I think of who Samuel is.

- I thought it was
a dry community.

- Oh it is.

- That's not a good look,
local copper drinking.

[speaking Arrernte]

- Who else do you drink with?

[answers in Arrernte]

- Well, Samuel is uncle to Toni,

the detective who's come
back to Perdar Theendar.

Perdar Theendar is the community

that is where Sam's from and
that's where Toni is from.

Samuel is Toni's uncle,

brother to Tony's mother, Viv.

So, and he's a policeman.

Policeman out the community.

So he's both law to white
law and blackfella law.

- No, I have to know
what Xavier has to say.

- You will, Me and
Nick will tell you.

- Eileen's still missing.

Why don't you concentrate
on finding her?

- This is fine. Remara.

- How do you know if
you haven't found her?

- You want me to check on
Brendan's alibi or not?

[Toni sighs]

- Again, a lot of
people don't realize

that Arrernte is western
Arrernte, central Arrernte,

eastern Arrernte. Then there's
Amoonguna, which is Northern

and Pmarntwe, which is Southern.

So there's Eastern,
Central and Western

and Arrernte spoken
and also literature,

bit a literature
chucked in there.

And then there's English
chucked in there too. So,

but it's so good to have
all them languages spoken

and it is so

so good to have all
those languages spoken,

you know,

at the same place.

Yeah, it's so good at same time.

- Eileen.

[Speaking Arrernte]

- Is there a reason

you're not painting
for Isabelle anymore?

Do you know what happened
to that marla gou?

[speaking Arrernte]

- I wish I could help.

[Toni sighs]

- My best highlight would be,

I remember when we were at the
production, first production,

the big one, in the office.

And I was sitting next to Steve
and Erica was next to me and

after the meeting was finished,

Erica came and showed
me a piece of paper,

and she showed me what it was

and what the note said
was, "I want to be Sam."

I wrote that at a workshop
and gave it to Steve.

I think Erica saw that, and
she kept it. She kept it.

And it is so funny that
that's my highlight.

And I got a photo taken with
it saying "I want to be Sam."

[speaking Arrernte]

- I went to pick her up,
but she's not at home.

Her family don't
know where she is.

Well something's wrong.

Eileen wouldn't
just not show up.

She really wants to go to Paris.

- There any chance this
connected to Jay's death?

[speaking Arrernte]

- My experience with
traveling around, seeing.

There's still a lot
of people who don't,

Don't realize
there's places like,

well Amoonguna, there's a
community like this that exists

and people that English is
their fifth or sixth language

and people, what we
portray on the show

is what happens in a
community like this.

You know, it still
goes on, you know.

The culture is very,
very strong out here.

You know looking at
the mountain, right?

The caterpillars,
you know, all that.

So we still believe,

This is our belief.

We believe that's
our caterpillar.

You know, that's all that.

So we are still, you know,

so it's very, very
important for people

that live in Australia,
cause it's their country too,

they have to realize

that this is part of the
culture of Australia.

[speaking Arrernte]

- What does that achieve?

Is it a good thing that
Perdar Theendar is dry?

[speaking Arrernte]

- For me

because my family is part of
the three Caterpillar thing

and which is so good,
cause most of the people

that live in Amoonguna

is part of the other
Caterpillars too.

Which is so good.
They all work with me.

let us working because I'm
part of their storyline

and which so, so lucky
that we got it, you know.

We got the community, you know,

to be and they
welcomed us, you know,

and they said, Yeah,
if you wanna do it,

Let's do it. Yeah.

[noisy motorbike]

[angry yelling]

- Are you gonna do something?

[speaking Arrernte]

[football players jeer]

[laughs]

[speaking Arrernte]

- [Football Player]
Fuck off Brendan.

Get outta here.

- There was one part there

sort of where
everyone got scared

that what might not happen
or what should be shown.

But it was so amazing that a
lot of the community mob said,

Yeah, we want to show
some of the stuff

like the sorry business
and payback, and you know,

just a little bit. You just
see it, but it happens,

you know, cause it happens
here in the communities.

You know, that's the
good thing about it.

All those things that we,
you know, a lot of people go,

Ah, does it really happen?

Yes, it happens.

[eerie music]

I mean like Erica Glynn
and Steve McGregor

and well another writer too,
Daniel MacLean forgot to say,

you know,

I've known them at Combine

before they were
who they are now.

And it, and it's so good.

I mean, I've known you
before what you do now.

I mean, like it's,

but it's so good
to happen there.

Cause I feel comfortable
because I know who they are

and they,

when Steve is directing
or Erica is directing,

hang on, I know those people.
I've known them before.

So before who they were
now and it's so good.

I mean like we got a crew,
amazing crew, you know,

they make you feel
comfortable to really go.

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