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Audrey Napanangka tells the story of Warlpiri matriarch Audrey, who was born at a time when the world was changing forever for people of the central Australian desert. Colonial settlements, relocation, displacement, and the forced removal of children as two worlds fused, ended in tragedy for Audrey and her young family. Despite this, she had a happy childhood which gave her the resilience to be the woman she is today.

With her Sicilian partner, Santo, Audrey uses her deep cultural knowledge to enrich the lives of others, and particularly her foster children, as she also gives them the skills for navigating the complex modern world.

Audrey lives in Alice Springs in the center of Australia, hundreds of kilometers from her Country, the land of her forbears for thousands of years, where she was born and she grew up, south of the Tanami Desert.

She keeps a precarious balance between two worlds, the ancient desert law of the Warlpiri nation, and the modern-day town of Alice Springs. She has been with Santo for over 30 years and together they have provided a safe home for many Warlpiri children who have needed one.

In her 70s now, Audrey is an elder with a big extended Warlpiri family, who live between Alice Springs and small townships and communities hundreds of kilometers from Alice Springs. She looks after her family and has many obligations to fulfill. As one of the few family members with a house in Alice Springs she and Santo are called upon for support when family need to visit town for shopping, hospitals, or court.

Audrey has had a lifelong journey of raising children which has had its highs and lows. As a grandmother and great grandmother, together with Santo, she still has teenagers in her care. To Audrey it is important that the children can navigate and thrive in two worlds, that of mainstream Australia, and that they know the language, laws and cultures of their forbears, and their connection to the land and skies of the central desert that is their birth right.

Life is not always easy, and we journey with Audrey and her family through the obstacles that they must overcome, as well as the good times.

In the end, family and love are everything.

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