An improbable love affair flares up between Karima, a modern Muslim girl, and Claudio, a local musician, in Melbourne's most notorious housing estate, where ruthless gangs rule, drug abuse spreads and racial tension grows.
In November 1998, Journalist Louis Meriwether is kidnapped while investigating The Church of The New Jerusalem. In preparation for their rapture they force him to film their final testament. This is the tape that contains their last gospel.