Women of Utopia showcases the work of Aboriginal women who live on Utopia Station near Alice Springs and run their own artists' program.

The women produce beautiful batik, which they sell to shops, galleries and museums throughout the world – some of which is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Among the women featured are Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Gloria Pitjara (Petyarre), Rosie Kunoth-Monks and Myrtle Pitjara (Petyarre). Kngwarreye is internationally renowned for her painting but began her art practice in Utopia making batiks.

The film also provides valuable insight into the lives of these women, including showing them hunting, gathering and cooking food.

Produced by Film Australia for the National Aboriginal Employment Development Committee. © National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.