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[Dramatic music plays]

[Monitors beeping]

TONI: Brendan!

VIV: This is all your fault!

[Speaking Arrernte] You could have killed him.

Go, I don't even want to look at you.

Sorry.

SAMUEL: [Speaking Arrernte] What's going on with you?

Sort yourself out.

VIV: Supposed to be in rehab.

Supposed to be safe.

Big liar!

Big-time policewoman.

You think we're all stupid, eh?

What's the problem?

They're upset because I didn't tell them that I lost him.

You didn't lose him, he ran, because he's a murder suspect.

[Speaking Arrernte] What? No.

What are you talking about?

[Groans, coughs]

VIV: [Speaking Arrernte] It's alright. We're here.

NICK: Okay, Brendan, we've gotta ask you some questions.

[Speaking English] He's too sick. He nearly died.

Mum, we need to do this.

Officially.

[Speaking Arrernte]

[Speaking English] We'll wait outside.

[Speaking Arrernte]

NICK: Okay.

So...

what happened between you and Bull?

He wanted to know if I slept with Kumantjayi.

NICK: What'd you tell him?

Lies. That I didn't.

Did he believe you?

Musta. Roughed me up a bit,

then left me at the boundary gates.

What happened after that?

I was trying to take a shortcut.

Got lost. Can't remember.

Still drunk.

When was the last time you saw her?

I told you before.

TONI: Sunday night, at Mum's?

You told me you had sex with her.

Then you got wild and went after her.

I didn't.

She just left.

We had a fight.

What about?

She was getting texts from someone.

I don't know.

[Music plays on cellphone]

- I gotta go. - Give me your phone.

BRENDAN: I tried to grab her phone.

She just took off.

BRENDAN: You come back here!

Oi! Come back here!

NICK: Then you followed her?

Nah, just went my own way.

Where?

Xavier's.

Alright, we'll have to check that out.

Oh, and we're gonna need fingerprints and DNA,

so don't go anywhere.

[Chuckles]

Look after yourself, Brendan.

ISABELLE: [Speaking French]

[Speaking English] These people are still essentially primitive.

[Speaking French]

Okay, that sounded bad.

I didn't mean it the way you think.

My French associate struggles. She doesn't understand.

TONI: She doesn't understand us primitives?

Oh, we're so lucky to have you, aren't we?

Look, Eileen is still missing.

I need police help to find her.

She'll turn up when she wants to be found.

She wants to talk to me.

[Speaking Arrernte] See all these kids?

They're my family.

[Speaking English] They M's family, too.

[Speaking Arrernte] The little ones keep asking...

"What happened to big Sister M?"

You know...

you've gotta find that killer soon.

I'm trying really hard.

[Speaking English] Everyone's saying it's your brother.

Gossip's not gonna help anyone.

We need proof.

You know it's not just your job to sort that killer.

It's my job, too.

I know your family needs justice.

Yeah.

Well, I'm gonna kill it, that killer.

[Dramatic music plays]

NICK: What about the kinship laws?

Fuckin' kinship laws.

NICK: Toni.

Come on, Nick. We got work to do.

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?

'Cause she is fine. [Speaking Arrernte]

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

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

[Conversing indistinctly]

TONI: Eileen?

[Speaking Arrernte] A lot of people are worried about you.

Yeah, silly buggers.

[Speaking Arrernte] They know that I'm working.

Is there a reason you're not painting for Isabelle anymore?

Do you know what happened

to that [Speaking Arrernte] young girl?

Theadora's family wants to know.

What happened to her?

[Speaking English] I wish I could help.

Well, Brendan, Keithy, and X-Man and Karl were all together.

From 8:00 to about 2:00 in the morning.

Doing what?

SAMUEL: Fixing Keithy's car.

So they're all lying.

S'pose you want me to find Eileen for you.

Sure.

[Truck door opens, closes]

[Engine starts]

How did Samuel handle Xavier?

Was he genuinely chasing answers?

You really don't trust your uncle, do ya?

We know Brendan was with Mariah,

so those fellas are covering something up.

And Samuel's letting them.

Okay.

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

[Knock on door]

- Hello! - JACINTA: Hey!

- It's Toni. - JACINTA: Oh.

[Speaking Arrernte] Hello.

We're trying to track down Keithy.

Is he around?

What?

We just want to confirm where he was the night

Kumantjayi was killed.

He was here with us all night.

True?

Xavier told Nick that he was at his place all night.

So someone's got it wrong.

You fucking tricked me.

Why didn't you say Keithy had an alibi?

[Speaking English] You too.

NICK: [Sighs]

Jacinta, please.

I need you to speak English so Nick can understand.

We're doing official police work.

Official police work?

[Speaking Arrernte] Does that give you permission

to walk inside my house?

So you don't know where he was?

You just picking on Keithy

'cause he's been drunk for a few days.

What happened that made him start drinking again?

[Door slams]

Okay, so what now?

[Dramatic music plays]

TONI: Shit.

Oi.

What gave you the authority to wipe out a crime scene?

Those roads have been shithouse for 10 years.

You should be thanking me for getting them fixed.

No one else has bothered to do it.

[Sighs]

It was organized six months ago.

And if the powers-that-be had gotten their shit together,

Mariah never would have had her accident.

TONI: It wasn't an accident.

Mariah was chased down and murdered.

And someone's trying to cover that up.

I have lived in this community for a very long time.

And unlike you, people actually talk to me.

And straight up, no one wants you here,

meddling in our affairs.

If I find a skerrick of evidence

that you're involved in a cover-up,

I'll be back to charge you as an accessory.

NICK: Accessory carries jail time.

You're looking at seven years.

Good luck with that.

[Somber music plays]

That guy's supposed to be looking after

the whole community?

You alright?

You know we can leave it there for today if you want.

You know, we never searched Mariah's car.

NICK: No.

[Dramatic music plays]

What's that?

I might do this one alone.

Could be a women's only gathering.

Yeah, I figured.

[Speaking Arrernte]

- [Speaking Arrernte] - [Speaking Arrernte]

VIV: [Speaking Arrernte] Sit down with us.

- CELLPHONE: Artwe. - Artwe.

- CELLPHONE: Arlhe. - Arlhe.

[Cellphone chimes]

[Speaking English] You know, Theadora needs to know

how Kumantjayi passed away.

I'm trying to help her.

[Speaking Arrernte] That's good, poor thing.

Can you tell me anything about this?

Where it's come from?

Who's done it?

[Speaking Arrernte] What do you reckon?

[Speaking Arrernte] GRACE: Nah! I don't know.

Here, have a look at this.

It's not an artist from Perdar Theendar?

[Speaking Arrernte] That's tourist thing. Rubbish.

Wait. Can I have a look?

The material's old.

It's... It's linen, not canvas.

And the paint's ochre.

- Arlhe. - CELLPHONE: Arlhe.

Arlhe.

[Cellphone chimes]

It's possible it could be one of the paintings

from Perdar Theendar from the 1960s.

It could be one of the first-generation painters.

Do you think there could be others?

Where did you get this from?

[Dramatic music plays]

All this stuff that Isabelle is saying,

how come youse don't know about it?

[Speaking Arrernte] It's really old.

Our old people must have painted it.

Alright, I'll get someone else to help me then.

Here, give it back to me.

Toni. That painting?

If we could find the whole thing, that's the holy grail.

It would be absolutely priceless.

TONI: It's none of your business.

You got a message.

Yeah, who from?

The ante-natal clinic.

Apparently you've got an appointment.

I was... I was gonna tell you.

How long have you known?

I'm eight weeks pregnant.

I've known for a month.

You wanna do everything on your own? Fine.

[Door slams]

[Engine starts]

THELMA: [Speaking Arrernte] Looks like we'll have to

sing stronger love magic for them.

[ Laughter ]

[Dramatic music plays]

[Clanging]

FANTASIA: Found our sister's killer yet?

[Speaking Arrernte] Taking too long.

[Speaking Arrernte]: If it was your family, you'd be done by now.

THEADORA: [Speaking Arrernte] Hey, leave her alone!

We'll fix it ourselves.

[Can clatters]

[Dramatic music plays]

[Bird calling]

[Sniffs]

SAMUEL: [Speaking Arrernte] Smell good?

About time.

[Speaking Arrernte] Where you been?

Show me that.

You can't see this.

[Speaking English] Hey, you can't take that. It's evidence.

SAMUEL: These paintings are serious stuff, men's business.

You're crazy walking around with that.

[Speaking English] Too fuckin' dangerous.

[Speaking Arrernte] Where'd you get it from?

If you tell me where it comes from,

I'll tell you where I found it.

[Sighs]

Okay.

How does this sound?

The paintings were found in the boot of M's car

the night of the accident.

Broderick and the men saw the fire and rescued them.

Broderick's hand is burned.

[Speaking Arrernte] The only thing you have to know,

they were hidden in a safe place.

I found a bit of the painting in the wreck of M's car.

So someone stole the paintings from that secret place.

Any fingerprints from the hiding place?

[Speaking English] Couldn't.

[Speaking Arrernte] Leave it to me.

Go visit your mother.

[Sighs]

[Radio playing indistinctly]

[Engine starts]

Fantasia.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

You two looked friendly.

- What'd he want? - Nothing.

I just wanted to get the keys for the basketball courts.

Careful he doesn't want anything in return.

Was Brendan jealous of Kumantjayi?

Course.

Whenever she'd get a text, he'd go mad.

Who'd be texting her?

All the blokes had the hots for her.

Did she ever get them to do stuff for her?

Yep.

Whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted.

Hey, Nick, can you call me back when you get this?

SAMUEL: [Speaking Arrernte] You happy now?

I didn't mean to.

Our men take care of this business.

I promise, I wasn't spying on you.

Leave it alone.

Who would hide secret sacred stuff

in a car wreck, anyway?

Cattle own our land and caves now.

They're safer here.

Who else knows about the hiding place?

Is it just the men in our family?

[Scoffs]

These prints will tell us who.

We all own them. We're allowed to handle them.

And what, give them to Kumantjayi for her to sell?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

[Speaking Arrernte]

Leave it. Don't you worry about it.

[Speaking English] Everything'll be okay.

Okay?

And what about Kumantjayi?

Nothing is okay until we find out who murdered her.

Hey, if you understood your culture properly,

then you would know stealing those paintings

is as bad as murder.

And that's why she was killed.

Don't you see?

One of the men in our family stole the paintings.

What if he had second thoughts and went after her?

Hey, anyone could have stolen them paintings.

Like I said, they're not locked up.

Besides, I guarantee you, none of our men killed her.

And how would you know that?

Because if they did,

that girl's body would never, ever be found.

[Dramatic music plays]

I guess we'll find out, won't we?

[Car door closes, engine starts]

[Indistinct conversations]

Turn around, turn around!

Dangerous men! Don't go that way.

[Indistinct shouting]

[Speaking Arrernte] Hey, it's not yours. Take it down.

You're a real dog. That's men's painting.

MAN: Take this painting down.

It's not good for a woman and children to see.

Take it down now!

[Dramatic music plays]

Take it down!

[Woman screams]

Help me! Someone call the police!

I'm sorry, you can't have this painting.

- It's too dangerous. - WOMAN: Excuse me...

[Speaking Arrernte] Run. Take the painting and go.

LIZ: Look, what the hell!

Why would you let that man steal a painting?

Because it was already stolen.

It shouldn't have been at that gallery.

So bring it in, put it in evidence till we work it out.

I'm not even gonna look at a sacred men's painting,

let alone touch it.

So why not get Nick to bring it in?

Didn't you ask me to keep the calm

on any potentially disruptive cross-cultural situations?

- Yeah and... - If that painting

was locked up in the police station,

there'd be more than a disruption.

I stopped a bloody war.

[Sighs]

RHONDA: Well, that's not what Liz Hindmarsh is saying.

She's saying she bought that painting legitimately.

Some blackfellas came along, threw a rock,

smashed a window, stole it,

and you let them.

Okay.

But if I'm right,

Liz Hindmarsh somehow is involved in Mariah's death.

Prove it.

Nick, I'm sorry. I should have told you.

Oh, about a little life-changing thing like parenthood?

Why should I know about that shit?

SAMUEL: Good work, my niece.

[Speaking Arrernte] The painting's back in a safe place.

Hey, hang on.

I found your painting.

Now you gotta tell me what you know.

I can't help you.

Catch you later.

We need to know who helped Mariah steal the painting.

Well, I can't tell you that

because I didn't know it was stolen.

[Sighs]

Mariah brought me that painting as a sample.

She said she could get her hands on nine more.

TONI: And you said yes.

Liz, the artists who painted the work

have been dead for decades.

The painting that you had in your window is old.

Secret.

Worth a fortune.

[Dramatic music plays]

You didn't know what you had.

Well, I would have had them all

if Mariah hadn't backed out of the deal.

Sure.

Your lawyer can try that line to the Magistrate.

LIZ: Apparently someone else was willing to pay more.

Who?

Who do you think?

So Mariah was driving the paintings

out of Perdar Theendar that night for Isabelle.

The Paris exhibition's the perfect cover

to smuggle the paintings out of the country.

Customers wouldn't even notice.

Bloody Isabelle.

Sucking up to the community the whole time.

I should have guessed.

[Dramatic music plays]

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?

So, where else would they go to paint?

Enough is enough!

We need to know where Eileen is.

Her work is a very important part of our exhibition.

You're like a fucking mining company.

Can't take no for an answer.

Just tell me where she is.

Oh, my God.

Eileen!

I'm so glad to find you...

[Speaking Arrernte] Go away.

ISABELLE: I was so worried about you. Are you okay?

EILEEN: I'm a grown woman. Leave me alone.

Well, when will you come and finish the work for Paris?

I've done that big one already.

I... I was hoping you'd do some more.

No, I can't. I'm working for Xavier now.

[Speaking English] You don't own me.

And Xavier doesn't own me.

[Speaking Arrernte] I've got a family to look after.

Just leave me alone.

Please, you must be able to do something.

Oi!

I'm not doing anything illegal.

I gave Eileen a $10,000 car,

and she's painting for me to pay it off, proper way.

Mass-producing Eileen's art just devalues it.

We've seen your kind before.

Turning up here, finding a Black man.

Having few kids.

Next minute, claiming country.

Can you help?

- We sure can. - Oh, thank you so much.

I mean, someone has to save the community from people like this.

Yeah, they sure do.

You're under arrest.

What?

- Come on. - You...

- You've... - Come on.

Fuck!

- What... - Get in the car, Isabelle.

NICK: Come on.

[Speaking Arrernte] Hey, what are you doing?

I'm under arrest!

Take her in. I'll talk to him.

Come on.

[Speaking Arrernte] I'll sort this out.

What are you doing?

We've been given information that ties Isabelle

to the stolen paintings.

She has done a lot for this community.

What have you done?

How close are you two?

She gonna stay around here forever?

Move out to the outstation with you?

Or what, write a book about my family's songlines,

with all of her sexually transmitted cultural knowledge?

It's none of your business if she does.

Nuh.

You can't interview her.

I have a murder to solve.

[Dramatic music plays]

[Sighs]

TONI: So you had nothing to do with the stolen paintings,

or wanting to smuggle them out of the country?

So you think I enlisted Mariah

to ferry stolen sacred paintings?

Why would I do such a thing?

NICK: We can't use her name.

It's either "Kumantjayi" or "M."

TONI: Or do you only use the right way

when you want to get something out of it?

I've spent years working alongside the people

of Perdar Theendar.

They are my very good friends.

Your mother is my bush mother.

Why would I jeopardize that?

I feel sick to my stomach that you think

that I would do something like that.

[Cellphone chimes]

You arrested me.

Until I'm cleared, my reputation is fucked.

We'll be right back.

The fingerprints Samuel got off the wreck has a match.

Great. Who is it?

Who is it?

[Dramatic music plays]

[Sighs]

[Knock on door]

Here she is.

Number-one art detective.

Fingerprints have come back.

We know who stole the paintings for Kumantjayi.

[Speaking Arrernte] Who?

Keithy.

I had to let Isabelle go

till we can interview Keithy.

[Sighs]

Samuel's gone to bring him in.

[Sighs]

NICK: Hey.

At least it's not your brother.

Keithy's my nephew.

It's just as bad.

NICK: I'm sorry.

Between Samuel, the paintings, and your family...

there's not a bit of this that can be easy for you.

[Knock on door]

ISABELLE: Samuel!

Samuel!

Samuel, you there?

Samuel!

It's Isabelle, let me in.

He's not there.

- Where is he? - TONI: Busy.

You can't shut me off from him.

If Samuel didn't tell you what he was doing,

maybe he's the one who shut you off.

Eileen.

[Speaking Arrernte] Not you again.

You're a real humbug. What do you want?

You left the art center to work for Xavier.

Is that because of Isabelle?

[Speaking English] No.

You know Isabelle was manipulating Mariah

to get her hands on those sacred paintings.

Is that why you left?

You're a real nother kind, eh?

[Speaking Arrernte] They're no good.

I don't want nothing to do with that art center mob.

Did you ever see Isabelle with Mariah?

EILEEN: Never. Not once.

[Sighs]

[Rock music playing on radio]

[Indistinct conversation]

[Dramatic music plays]

[Crash]

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