The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson

Director: Leah Purcell

Producers: Bain Stewart, David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin, Leah Purcell

Written by: Leah Purcell

Starring: Leah Purcell, Rob Collins, Sam Reid, Jessica De Gouw

Synopsis: Molly Johnson’s husband is away droving sheep, leaving her alone to care for their four children at their remote Snowy Mountains homestead. Despite being heavily pregnant, Molly keeps various threats, from nature and other people, at bay. But when Yadaka, an Aboriginal man on the run from white law enforcement, intrudes on the sanctuary she has carved out, the brutal hardships and secrets that have followed them both throughout their lives must be confronted.