FRESH from the Byron Bay International Film Festival, an observational documentary about fracking practices in Australia is set to land in Bunbury.
Frackman will be brought to Bunbury Grand Cinemas on Wednesday May 23 for the special screening time of 3.30pm.
The film has been directed and produced by Margaret River filmmaker Richard Todd and follows activist Dayne “Frackman” Pratzky’s five-year battle against the Queensland Gas Company after they demanded to sink gas wells on his property.
Todd said the film was his baby that he had been working on for more than four years.
“I want to bring awareness to how this problem will affect WA and make people realise the impact that one person can have and how a problem like this can affect so many people,” he said.
In October last year, the Bunbury Mail reported that WA Premier Colin Barnett had lashed out at people who are saying fracking will occur in the South West.
Mr Barnett said it was a scare campaign and there were no applications for fracking in the region.
Fracking is the process where a hydraulic fracture is made into a rock going kilometres into the ground with pressurized liquid to retrieve oil and or gas.
The Frackman film’s trailer gained 1 million hits on YouTube in the first ten days of its release.
It was named best film and best environmental film at the Byron Bay festival in March and has been playing to packed houses on the east coast.
The special screening will take place at the Grand Cinema in Bunbury at 3.30pm and will include a question and answer session with Pratzky and Todd.
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