A cinematic portrait of
Bob Brown
intertwined with the story of the trees
113 minutes
The Giants (2023)
A portrait of environmental folk hero & gay icon Bob Brown, who took green politics to the center of power. His story is interwoven with the life cycle of the ancient trees he's fighting for.
Meet the founder of the Greens and hear his story
Told in Bob’s own words, his story is interwoven with the extraordinary life cycle of Australia’s giant trees, and brought to the screen with stunning cinematography and immersive animated forest landscapes.
Experience the wonder of the forest as never before
THE GIANTS creates an epic and creative portrait of the Forest that combines monumental ‘tree portraits’ and immersive, animated ‘3D forest scans’ with spine-tingling sound design and a powerful soundtrack featuring human vocals – to literally give a voice to these trees.
A story told by award winning filmmakers that inspires
Brought to you by the team that made FREEMAN – the most watched documentary of 2020 on Australian TV, THE GIANTS aims to ignite a conversation about the right of the Forest to exist – and to inspire us to save it.
Watch now
Stream it on Docplay. You can get a 30-day free trial by entering the promo code THEGIANTSCOMMUNITY.
Watch on DocplayA portrait of environmental folk hero & gay icon Bob Brown, who took green politics to the center of power. His story is interwoven with the life cycle of the ancient trees he's fighting for.
Meet the founder of the Greens and hear his story
Told in Bob’s own words, his story is interwoven with the extraordinary life cycle of Australia’s giant trees, and brought to the screen with stunning cinematography and immersive animated forest landscapes.
Experience the wonder of the forest as never before
THE GIANTS creates an epic and creative portrait of the Forest that combines monumental ‘tree portraits’ and immersive, animated ‘3D forest scans’ with spine-tingling sound design and a powerful soundtrack featuring human vocals – to literally give a voice to these trees.
A story told by award winning filmmakers that inspires
Brought to you by the team that made FREEMAN – the most watched documentary of 2020 on Australian TV, THE GIANTS aims to ignite a conversation about the right of the Forest to exist – and to inspire us to save it.
Read our take on The Giants
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How has The Giants impacted you?
Watch now
Stream it on Docplay. You can get a 30-day free trial by entering the promo code THEGIANTSCOMMUNITY.
Watch on DocplayWhat the critics say
The film’s highpoint for me came around mid-way; following the fledgling Tasmanian Wilderness Society, as led by Brown, in their opposition of the Franklin Dam proposal.
Ahlia Karam
Film Focus
The forest footage and the animations are simply breathtaking. You can almost feel the damp floor beneath your feet and smell the leaf cover
Paul Byrnes
SMH & The Age
Their meditative tone could have felt starry-eyed or heavy-handed but instead The Giants is beautifully balanced, ruminative and rousing.
Luke Buckmaster
The Guardian
With such an extraordinary and thoroughly documented life as Brown’s for the subject, the sheer weight of information here is amazing, quite apart from the thematic potency.
Mark Demetrius
Film Ink
The film’s highpoint for me came around mid-way; following the fledgling Tasmanian Wilderness Society, as led by Brown, in their opposition of the Franklin Dam proposal.
Ahlia Karam
Film Focus
The forest footage and the animations are simply breathtaking. You can almost feel the damp floor beneath your feet and smell the leaf cover
Paul Byrnes
SMH & The Age
Meet the Filmmakers
Laurence Billiet
Writer / Producer / Director
Rachael Antony
Writer / Producer / Director
Helen Panckhurst
Executive Producer
Laurence Billiet
Writer / Producer / Director
Laurence (she/her) is co-founder of Melbourne-based creative studio General Strike. Her latest film FREEMAN (ABC TV, 2020) was the most watched documentary of the year on Australian television.
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