Thanks to the kindness of strangers, Richard Todd’s feature documentary which investigates the impact of the coal seam gas industry on residents' health and food and water resources will get a long and wide exposure around Australia.
In a single, extraordinary day more than $2 million in donations was pledged to seven Australian feature-length documentaries on Wednesday.
Richard Todd’s feature documentary Frackman, which investigates the impact of the coal seam gas industry on residents' health and food and water resources, will have its world premiere on March 7.
Dayne Pratsky, aka Frackman, has become a social sensation with more than 1 million people viewing the trailer for the documentary telling the story of his fight against the coal seam gas companies.
Frackman is an observational documentary following ordinary Queenslanders caught up in a modern day multinational 'gas rush' to secure and exploit coal seam gas.
The Australian screen industry should set up a scheme to share information on local films' global revenues modelled on the Sundance Transparency Project.
The makers of Frackman, Call Me Dad and Gayby Baby will pitch for funding to support their outreach campaigns at an event in Melbourne on April 15.
Frackman the Movie is headed to cinemas across Western Australia for a special rural roadshow kicking off in Margaret River this Saturday 16 May and wrapping in Broome on Monday 1 June, following sell-out screenings in NSW, Victoria and Queensland.