Background
On Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, townships north-east of Melbourne were threatened by firestorms. Considered Australia’s worst ever natural disaster it resulted in the highest loss of life and injuries from a bushfire in Australia. The conditions in which the fires were ignited and burnt were extreme. After the horror of immediate losses, people had naturally embarked on various journeys of repair and recovery. The Blacksmiths’ Tree was one of them.
Media coverage, reviews and interviews
FORGED FROM FIRE: THE ANDREW GARTON INTERVIEW
Publication: Screen Space
Interview – Andrew Garton, Director, Forged from Fire
Publication: We Are Moving Stories
Docs Factor reviews Forged from Fire
Publication: The Docs Factor Podcast
A TOUCHING LOOK AT AN AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY
Publication: Switch
Cinema Australia Podcast Episode #36 | Andrew Garton
Publication: Cinema Australia
Top 5 films to see at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Publication: Follow Magazine
Info
- Duration: 58 minutes
- Completed: 2019
- Licencing: Write to Andrew Garton for screening and/or site licences.
- Forged from Fire website
- Forged from Fire on Facebook
- Purchase limited edition Forged from Fire DVD
Crew
- Writer / Director – Andrew Garton
- Director of Photography – Mike Wilkin
- Music – Invention in Time, Charles Brown, Ron McIntyre, Andrew Garton
- Aerial footage courtesy of I-Drone, Brett Chilton and Michael Prinzi
- Videography courtesy of Warwick Page
- Time-lapse footage courtesy of Barry Thomas
