Serija prati običnu obitelj koja kreće na nevjerovajatno putovanje u prethistorijsko vrijeme Zemlje, kao mali dio golemog pokusa, kako bi se sačuvala ljudska rasa. Godine 2149. svijet umire. Planet je prerazvijen, prenapućen i prezagađen. Budući da je većina biljnog i životinjskog svijeta izumrla, predanost znanosti dovela je čovječanstvo do ruba uništenja, ali je također pružila i svoju jedinu nadu za spas. Znajući da ne postoji način da se preokrene šteta koja je nanešena planeti, koalicija znanstvenika je uspjela otvoriti vremenski procjep, stvorivši tako portal u pretpovijesnu Zemlju. Taj ulaz vodi u zadivljujući svijet, onaj koji omogućava posljednji pokušaj kako bi se spasio ljudski rod...po mogućnosti mijenjajući budućnost ispravljajući pogreške iz prošlosti.
One day in the distant future. Humans live shoulder to shoulder in “colonies” separated by rock. Outside the colonies, a dangerous undeveloped area called “the Labyrinth” is expanding. Those who risk their lives to develop “the Labyrinth”, who mark out the undeveloped areas, are known as “Markers”. A young girl, Memempu, who wants to be a Marker one day, and a man, Gagumber, who used to be one. This mismatched father and daughter now take on the Labyrinth! “If there’s no path, dig one!”
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death.
A look into the Belgian colonisation of Congo through interviews of both colonials as Congolese people that lived it.