 Divided By Zero explores the struggles and strange antics of Ashley, a young, Aboriginal crusader of all causes who is stopped in her activist tracks after an awkward conversation with her boyfriend s mother, whom she admires. Grappling with her confidence, Ashley drops what she has been fighting for, breaks off the ties with her boyfriend and attempts to create her own "traditional" haven by building a tipi in her room in her suburban home and refusing to leave it.