Barrumbi Kids (2022)
Synopsis
Best friends Tomias and Dahlia deal with the dreams and challenges that come with their childhood in a remote community in the Northern Territory.
Network
National Indigenous Television
Episodes
Episodes
The Burn Off
Best friends Tomias and Dahlia decide to skip school and find themselves with no choice but to fight fire with fire.
Gordon's Boat
Three turns out to be a crowd when the new kid in town, Gordon, comes between best friends Tomias and Dahlia.
Big Barra Bonanza
Best friends Tomias and Dahlia leave Lizzie and set out to catch prize barramundi, but trouble arises with a crocodile who has other ideas.
Actual Reality
Tomias, Dahlia, and Gordon are out on country doing a VR film shoot when they find reality colliding with virtual reality as things don't go to plan and they find themselves stranded.
The Festival
The Mandjarkkorl Festival is fast approaching, and the friends want to practice their new dance routine, but their responsibilities pull them in different directions.
Cracker Night
Tomias and Dahlia find a box of fire crackers and decide not to hand them, but things get out of hand.
Speech Comp
Dahlia and Tomias select the same subject for a school speech competition, and their research leads them on a quest for treasure that reveals Dahlia's connections to Mandjakkorl and danger.
Transitions
Tomias loses his cousin after he arrives home for initiation ceremony, and it fuels his own anxieties around boarding school; Dahlia confronts her own purpose in Mandjakkorl.
Free Range
Tomias is offered a place in a Melbourne Boarding School, but he doesn't know how to tell Dahlia, and instead opts to hide it from her.
Barrumbi
Tomias and Dahlia's friendship lies in tatters, but a trip to a special place may heal them and country.
Cast
Trailer
Details
Original Title
Barrumbi Kids
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
10
Production
Tamarind Tree Pictures, Ambience Entertainment