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In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast host Matthew Eeles chats with filmmaker Andrew Garton about his new documentary Forged From Fire which charts the valleys and peaks of the heartwarming project known as The Blacksmiths Tree.

On Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, townships north-east of Melbourne were engulfed by firestorms. After the horror of immediate losses, people embarked on various journeys of repair and recovery. The Blacksmiths Tree was one of them.

Forged From Fire screens at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on July 22. Tickets and details are available here. 

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