Watch the trailer for the new Aussie flick – The Furnace

This film illuminates the forgotten history of Australia’s ‘Ghan' cameleers, who were predominantly Muslim and Sikh men from India, Afghanistan, and Persia, who traversed the nation’s vast desert interior, forming unique bonds with local Aboriginal people. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer (Ahmed Malek) partners with a mysterious bushman (David Wenham) on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars.   //   Together the ...