"This film is changing lives." Dr Fred Hirst
The Bentley Effect DVD features the full length theatrical version of the film plus 90 minutes of informative bonus features. Director/Producer: Brendan Shoebridge. Watch the trailer www.thebentleyeffect.com
Makes a great gift or addition to your personal collection complimenting the book "Shallow Thought, Deep Mind".
Synopsis: When the coal seam gas industry staked a claim on the Northern Rivers shire of Australia, alarm bells rang out. A critical mass of people from all walks of life – farmers, landowners, mums, dads, activists, scientists – organised themselves to rally against the unconventional gas invasion. Despite the enormous public opposition, the gas industry and the State Government were determined to see their gas plan through. A series of dramatic blockades ensued, before the final battle lines were drawn in the peaceful farming valley of Bentley. Thousands of people flocked to the site to stare down the threat of 850 riot police, ordered in to break up the protest. What happened next set an historic precedent. Filmed over five years, The Bentley Effect documents the highs and lows of the battle to keep a unique part of Australia gasfield-free. This timely story of a community’s heroic stand shows how strategic direct action and peaceful protest can not only overcome industrial might and political short-sightedness ... but it can also be a lot of fun. It celebrates the non-violent ‘Eureka Stockade’ of our time and chronicles one of the fastest growing social movements we have ever witnessed. Gasland showed us the problem – The Bentley Effect points us to the solution and poses the question “what is truly valuable?’.
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Classification: PG
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