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To feed and protect themselves, our ancestors, as hunter-foragers, knew how to recognize the traces of man and beast in the ground. In the course of 40,000 years of history, the Aboriginals, who inhabited and managed to survive in the scorching deserts of central Australia, developed these skills even more. They are still capable of deciphering the slightest traces and signs left in the earth or vegetation by any man or beast and follow them for dozens of kilometers. When the colonial police of Australia understood what they could do in the late 18th century, they enrolled hundreds of Aboriginal trackers and worked with them in outback police posts. For decades, the trackers hunted down fugitives and missing persons. But in this age of GPS, 4x4 vehicles and helicopters, Australian police use them less and less; only one remains in the state of Queensland. There is the risk of losing this complex skill based on intuition, sense of observation and the intimate bond between man and nature.

France - 2008 - 52 mn - HD • 16/9 - Colour

Director Eric Ellena from an original idea by Vanessa Escalante Camera Jean-Thomas Renaud Sound Terry Meehan, Ian Redfearn Editing Clara Ott Music Jérôme Rossi

Production French Connection Films, 12, rue Lamartine, 75009 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4016 11 47 Fax : +33 (0)1 4016 0701 E-mail : info@frenchcx.com Co-Production Amun Ra Films, Equidia

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