The Desert Stars.

Presented by HALO Films and Luna Palace Cinemas, Cinema Australia will host a special Gravel Road Q&A screening on Tuesday, May 9 at Luna Leederville which will also include a unique and exciting live music event featuring Spinifex Country band, The Desert Stars. 

Thanks to Luna Palace Cinemas, we’re giving Cinema Australia readers the chance to win one of three double passes to this special Gravel Road event which includes a Q&A with director Tristan Pemberton and singer-songwriter Jay Minning who will also perform with his band on the night. 

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 rock their way across the Western Desert with songs of hunter-gatherer life. Their elders survived the British atomic testing (at the infamous Maralinga site) and the band’s profound connection to culture back 2,000 generations.

With customary Spinifex reciprocity, Minning shares the journey with East-Coast friends, a band named The Re-mains, providing a rare glimpse into his country, his culture, his music and his extraordinary everyday life.

Tickets to this event can be purchased here. 

Fill out the entry form below for your chance to win!

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