Locals such as Emma Dubuc Timson and campaigners from the Bob Brown Foundation passionate about protecting Tasmania’s Takayna rainforest invite community members to a documentary screening fundraiser at the Theatre Royal Castlemaine on February 26.
The screening of this new Bob Brown Foundation documentary that will place us in this unique landscape: Takayna – the heart of Lutruwita is being generously hosted and supported by the Theatre Royal and Castlemaine Documentary Festival.
Emma describes the moment she leaned forward through the lush fern undergrowth to admire the fungi. Surrounded by dripping dew drops, the pungent air was rich with the scent of the rainforest.
She was there, by the river in the heart of Tasmania’s Takayna, one of the last wild places on this earth.
“The air here was sweet and the silence all pervasive, which held for me a powerful healing force. And I knew within every pore of my being that this forest was worth protecting,” she said.
Takayna, also referred to as the Tarkine, is the largest temperate rainforest in Australia. It remains under threat from a foreign-owned mining company that wants to place a toxic tailings dam in its heartland of wilderness, as well as continuous logging threats.
The delicate fern and moss-laden home protects more than 60 endangered species that breed and flourish here.
Campaigners such as Emma say we can all play a part in protecting Takayna. The film will transport audiences there. Through its ancient stories, we can be a witnesses to its beauty.
Following on from the film, there will be a Q&A with locals who have recently returned from Takayna as well as Scott Jordan, Takayna campaigner with Bob Brown Foundation. They will elaborate for their audience how much this beautiful forest has to offer us all and how we can work together to protect it.
Tickets for the 7pm screening can be purchased at takayna.org/screening/castlemaine-screening
