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"Kiwirrkurra in Western Australia is one of Australia's most remote Indigenous communities. On the 6th of March 2001, 170 residents of the community were evacuated when the area was inundated by flood waters, causing essential services to fail, putting people's health and safety at risk. The community was evacuated and placed in numerous communities all over the Northern Territory and Western Australia. In August 2002, the community began returning home, but the resultant cultural and community disruption from such a forced removal and dispersal, seriously affected the lives of these people. This documentary incorporates a record of stories from the community's experience and the lessons that were learnt by emergency managers and co-ordinating agencies working with remote indigenous communities. "