In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

Cynthia Wood, a 17-year-old, light-skinned black girl, tries to pass off as white after getting hired of a wealthy movie magnate Mr. Langley who has family problems with his spoiled wife and his promiscuous teenage daughter and son.

A private nurse, working for a retired opera star, runs into opposition from the diva's longtime servant/companion. When she pushes back, she starts to uncover some dastardly goings-on.

Based on the True Story about the 'Care & Rehabilitation situation of the residents of 'Leumeah'in Australia and the case put forward and action that the residents took towards the media amongst other things to get attention brought to their cause in 1973.