When the powerful coal seam gas industry staked a claim on the Northern Rivers region of Australia it was defied by ordinary people in an unprecedented social movement.
The Bentley Effect celebrates a rare and precious win over corporate greed by telling the story of the "protector" movement.
Film maker Brendan Shoebridge is taking his award-winning documentary film on an Aotearoa tour and it will screen in Whanganui on October 4.
Shoebridge recorded events that saw a critical mass of people from all walks of life - farmers, doctors, teachers, scientists, parents, grandparents - organise themselves to rally against the gas field invasion.
Despite the enormous public opposition, the gas industry and state government were determined to see their gas plan through.