An animated adventure story set against the backdrop of Western Australia's
Great Victoria Desert.
1920: young Ali and his grandfather, in Australia to find work, are hired as camel drivers on a disastrous trip across the desert. Forced to set his favourite camel free with her baby, Binta, Ali returns to Arabia. Years later an Australian boy,
Peter, finds and befriends the now fully-grown
Binta, who mysteriously wears a talisman inscribed with the name Ali.
Director Yoram Gross • FILMS: pages 33-40