This letter came in from a friend in far off Margaret River in regional WA. There's no excuse any more not to see The Burning Season. For the sake of the forests, and the organutans, please check it out in your local video store - and spread the word to everyone you know.....
Hey Cathy,
I finally got to see The Burning Season yesterday. I found it in Margaret River Civic Video as a new release!!
What an amazingly powerful documentary.
It boggles my mind how you got all that footage and were there at the coal face as events unfolded.
What an extraordinary guy Dorjee is and the Governor of Aceh! But just as much, just as extraordinary that you captured this time in history for the world to see, by bringing all the threads together on film. You are one of the blessed weavers of truth.
Also, I read recently of your award for the extent of the distribution that you and Trish Lake and Gil Scrine have achieved in distributing The Burning Season. If the film could make it to the shelves of our little video store at the bottom of the world, then how many more people will have had the benefit of seeing it all around Australia and the world!
It has your signature all over it - in its subject, it's narrative and mostly in its heart.
So congratulations to you all - and thank you so much for being there once again, in the right time and place - to bring the real world to our consciousness.
Margot Edwards
Writer/Community Theatre Artist
Margaret River, Western Australia
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