Cane Toads: The Conquest, a new 3D film by Mark Lewis, tracks the unstoppable journey of the toad across the Australian continent and asks whether these invaders can ever gain respect
• Interactive: Australian cane toads meet their match
Reconciling with a long-standing enemy is hard, especially when they are venomous, decimate the local population and number more than 1.5 billion.
However, there is alternate take on the story of cane toads in Australia, as explored by Cane Toads: The Conquest, which featured at the Sundance Film Festival last year and is gearing up for a UK release following positive reception in Australia.
The documentary, which claims to be the first non-fiction film to be shown in 3D, is the creation of Mark Lewis, an ABC journalist turned director. It is a reboot, rather than a standard sequel, to Lewis's first treatise on the subject, 1988's cult hit Cane Toads: An Unnatural History.
• Interactive: Australian cane toads meet their match
Reconciling with a long-standing enemy is hard, especially when they are venomous, decimate the local population and number more than 1.5 billion.
However, there is alternate take on the story of cane toads in Australia, as explored by Cane Toads: The Conquest, which featured at the Sundance Film Festival last year and is gearing up for a UK release following positive reception in Australia.
The documentary, which claims to be the first non-fiction film to be shown in 3D, is the creation of Mark Lewis, an ABC journalist turned director. It is a reboot, rather than a standard sequel, to Lewis's first treatise on the subject, 1988's cult hit Cane Toads: An Unnatural History.
- 6/16/2011
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