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Franklin (2022)

A journey to the past. A quest for the future.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 31M

Director : Kasimir Burgess

Synopsis

When Tasmania’s Hydro-Electric Commission planned to build a dam on the Franklin River, Launceston’s Wilderness Society mobilised to protect it, sparking a now-infamous, and ultimately victorious, campaign of blockades, protests, lawsuits and political wrangling – a campaign that was a key part of the development of the Australian Greens movement. Franklin recounts this seminal environmental protest through the eyes of Oliver Cassidy, who retraces the journey on the World Heritage–listed river taken some 40 years before by his late activist father.

Actors

Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving
Narrator
Oliver Cassidy
Oliver Cassidy
Self
Bob Brown
Bob Brown
Self

Crews

Kasimir Burgess
Kasimir Burgess
Director
Kasimir Burgess
Kasimir Burgess
Writer
Kasimir Burgess
Kasimir Burgess
Editor
Luke Altmann
Luke Altmann
Sound
Benjamin Bryan
Benjamin Bryan
Cinematography
Johanna Scott
Johanna Scott
Editor
Emma Bortignon
Emma Bortignon
Sound

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