GravelRoad

Gravel Road is the story of Jay Minning, singer-songwriter of the most remote rock band in the world,the Desert Stars.His four-piece band are traditional land owners of Spinifex Country, in the Great Victoria Desert,Western Australia — home of the last nomads.From their home in remote Tjuntjuntjara, we follow Minning and his band’s first ever tour as they rocktheir way across the Western Desert with songs of hunter-gatherer life. Their elders survived theBritish atomic testing (at the infamous Maralinga site) and the band’s profound connection to culturespans back 2,000 generations.With customary Spinifex reciprocity, Minning shares the journey with East-Coast friends, a bandnamed The Re-mains, providing a rare glimpse into his country, his culture, his music and hisextraordinary everyday life.The Desert Stars will peform live in the beer garden after the film (around 5pm). Ticket holders gain free entry to see the band.