Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.
Richard Chamberlain
Olivia Hamnett
David Gulpilil
Frederick Parslow
Vivean Gray
Athol Compton
Peter Carroll
Walter Amagula
Michael Duffield
Nandjiwarra Amagula
Hedley Cullen
Wallas Eaton
Jo England
John Frawley
John Meagher
Malcolm Robertson
Greg Rowe
Katrina Sedgwick
Ingrid Weir
Tony Llewellyn-Jones