A FILM depicting the ongoing battle to save a nature reserve near Alpha is the subject of an internationally made documentary selected for the Byron Bay International Film Festival.
The film, Bimblebox, follows the story of Alpha resident Paola Cassoni.
It tells of Ms Cassoni's two-year fight to prevent the 8000ha Bimblebox Nature Refuge - which she co-owns - from being swallowed by Clive Palmer's proposed China First coal mine.
Directed by US-based filmmaker Michael O'Connell, the movie placed Ms Cassoni's story in the wider context of massive coal and coal seam-gas expansion in Australia and its impacts on farm land, communities and the environment.
"I am very proud to be the catalyst for this documentary and have my story told to the public," Ms Cassoni said.
"It's not just about a fight to save a refuge in rural Queensland."
Paola Cassoni
Central Queensland News
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