US actor, comedian and keen Indigenous art collector Steve Martin has been announced as an executive producer of a new feature film that charts the origins of the Western Desert art movement.
Martin, who is one of the world’s top collectors of Aboriginal Australian art, has also been involved in the script development for Honey Ant Dreamers, set to be filmed in 2024 around Papunya, the MacDonnell Ranges and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
Martin described himself as a “cheerleader and kibitzer” for Honey Ant Dreamers.
Jennie Hughes, the director of Screen Territory, said filming Honey Ant Dreamers in central Australia would “generate significant benefits for the local community”.