Join us for a screening of the Bob Brown Foundation film, Forest Defenders, and a chat with the crew from For Wild Places.

Forest Defenders is a documentary that was filmed on the frontline of the blockade to defend a pocket of Tasmanian wilderness, the largest tract of cool temperate rainforest in the world, the pristine and ancient Tarkine.

This stunning documentary has captured the wild native forests of Tasmania and the Bob Brown Foundations action to defend these forests. It is a grassroots documentary, filmed across Tasmania by the activists themselves.

Capturing the hundreds of volunteers who took part in the takayna/Tarkine Sumac Ridge Blockade, Ta Ann veneer mill shut down and multi-day occupations and disruptions of logging operations in the Que River, Pieman, Wentworth Hills and Mt Field areas. While these actions were happening, (the forest defenders) Ramji and Crusty were filming throughout.

Forest Defenders provides a powerful and beautiful insight into why these spectacular parts of native forests and rainforest are worthy of protection, showing the day-to-day lives of those who fight for their protection as well as the conflict and confrontation that comes with such a battle.

Directors: Ramji and Crusty

Length: 75 minutes

Doors Open: 6:30pm - Refreshments will be served.

Film: 7:30pm

*If your plans change and you cannot attend, please cancel your tickets through Humanitix so others can attend. If you can, please also avoid printing your tickets. Our staff will be happy to check you in through your phone.

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