[1] She works primarily on films involving human rights, gender and sexuality studies, and issues pertaining to Indigenous peoples.
Many of Abbott's films are experimental - relying on imagery, sound, and voice overs - and are left open for interpretation which allows the viewer to draw their own conclusions and meaning from the work.
[5] For her first documentary film, Tide Marks (2004), Abbott traveled to Cape Town, South Africa to record the residential women's stories and experiences of the apartheid.
A “Starlight Tour” is when a police officer picks up an Indigenous citizen under the guise of an arrest or a ride home and instead drops the person off further out into the middle of nowhere, often during freezing temperatures.
The main character, Thomas, is driven out of the city limits by police and left to walk home in below freezing weather.
The young man meets the specters of two men, one malevolent and the other benevolent, who had previously died from being left in similar conditions.