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Coal seam gas movie in Canberra today

AN Australian film about people caught up in a multinational rush to secure and exploit coal seam gas is screening today, Monday June 15, at Dendy.

“Frackman,” the film on this unlikely subject, was a sell-out when it first screened din April and if you’ve ever wanted to know more about that term “fracking” — hydraulic fracturing, the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground to release natural gas —now’s your chance.

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Activist Dayne ‘The Frackman’ Pratzky was building a home on his rural property when the gas company arrived, demanding to install wells. Pratzky began his transformation to passionate activist, and the movie traces a ‘David and Goliath’ battle against a $70 billion industry.

The film covers a five-year personal journey including triumphs and tragedies, love and conflict, revealing the unequal relationships between landholders and some of the most powerful companies in the world.

“Can you imagine any other issue that would bring together the likes of Alan Jones and Bob Brown?” the promoters of the film ask.

In Canberra only there will be a post screening Q&A with an expert panel that includes Dr. Will Steffan, climate change expert and researcher at the ANU and councillor at the Climate Council; Dr Maria Taylor, author of the new release “Climate Change- What Australia Knew and Buried;” Emma Pocock, local activist; and Dr. Steven Bygrave, CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions.

“Frackman the movie,” Dendy Cinemas Canberra Centre 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Monday June 15, bookings to frackmanthemovie.com or tugg.com/events/18929 or tickets at the box office.

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