黑人查理感到手足无措。在他遥远的王国里，白人法律的干涉令他感到生活变得更加困难了。于是查理下定决定，要按照古老的方式生活，但是他这样的做法给他和周围的人带来了一系列意想不到的后果。

　　这是一个有关于爱、责任、谎言的真实故事。 阿里生活在一个由伊拉克移民到澳大利亚的穆斯林牧师家庭。为了迎合自己的家庭，也为了追随自己的内心，阿里一直活在两个不同的世界中。他在没有注册的前提下进入了医学院学习，尽管早已有了许配的结婚对象，他还是奋不顾身地爱上了另一个女孩。随着婚期的将近，阿里的两个截然不同的世界也处于被曝光的边缘。

　　1919. After fighting in WWI as a sniper Travis, now a Policeman in the vast empty spaces of northern Australia, loses control of an operation that results in the massacre of an Indigenous tribe. After his superiors insist on burying the truth Travis leaves in disgust, only to be forced back twelve years later to hunt down Baywara, an Aboriginal warrior whose attacks on new-settlers are causing havoc. When Travis recruits mission-raised Gutjuk, the only known massacre-survivor as his Tracker, the truth of the past is revealed and Travis becomes the hunted.

　　A crotchety lawyer (Cyril Maude) defends his daughter's boyfriend, accused of stealing a diamond.