A trio of nameless statues buried in the archives of the Australian Museum trigger a granddaughter's journey to rewrite how Aboriginal people are represented in Australia's public history.

A trio of nameless statues made to record a 'dying race' buried in the archives of the Australian Museum trigger a great granddaughter's quest to honour her ancestors and reclaim their life stories. In 1925 Australia's Census declared Aboriginal people a 'dying race'. The Australian Museum commissioned three statues of 'full blood' Aboriginal people: a child, a man and a woman, exhibited as nameless objects to be studied. The woman was Nellie Bunjil, Irene Ridgeway's great grandmother and director Daniel King's great, great grandmother. This documentary sees Irene on a journey to retrace Nanny Nellie's life, try to reconnect the other families to their ancestors statues and re-display the statues this time with their names, identities and dignity.—Official Synopsis