The film "The Fringe Dwellers" follows the life of an Aboriginal family that lives on the edges of white society in Australia. The family is an example of a high context society in which work, prodigality, leveling, and family are all quite apparent. The daughter, also the main character, Troby, wishes to belong to the dominant, white society and will go to great lengths to reach her dreams. It is evident that Troby is experiencing an identity crisis, as she does not really understand who she wants to be and worries that her aboriginal background may hold her back from fully integrating into the white community.

Troby's family does not seem to have a good work ethic. Besides the sister, Noona, the family members rarely work and have to scrounge to pay for food and the mortgage on the house. Even after other extended family members move in...