FOLLOWING THE FLOW tells the story of the once-mighty Macquarie Wambool River, one small part of Australia's greatest inland water system: the Murray-Darling Basin. A river detached from its natural ability to self-regulate, completely in the hands of humanity. A river that is somehow both the soul of the towns it passes through and an oft-forgotten footnote to their story.
To explore that relationship we meet with people. And if there’s one thing the Macquarie River has in spades, it is people with a passion for it. Historians, First Nations people, ecologists, small business owners, water managers, farmers and fishers all with a story to tell.
FOLLOWING THE FLOW sets out to tell the story of the river, shaped by humans, but instead found the story of humans, shaped by the river. With a cast of outback characters and stunning cinematography the film gives context to broader conversations about climate change, production, ecology and finding a way forward in a less than certain world.
To explore that relationship we meet with people. And if there’s one thing the Macquarie River has in spades, it is people with a passion for it. Historians, First Nations people, ecologists, small business owners, water managers, farmers and fishers all with a story to tell.
FOLLOWING THE FLOW sets out to tell the story of the river, shaped by humans, but instead found the story of humans, shaped by the river. With a cast of outback characters and stunning cinematography the film gives context to broader conversations about climate change, production, ecology and finding a way forward in a less than certain world.
