synopsis
THE PECKING ORDER is a portrait of Patty Mark and Deborah Tranter,
two radical animal activists who emerged against great odds from the matrimonial
depths of suburban Melbourne to fight for the Rights of battery hens. Exiled from
Animal Liberation Victoria and banded together in a splinter group called the Action
Animal Rescue Team, Patty and Deb perform daring rescue raids on intensive farms
in the middle of the night.
In an observational style the programme follows Patty and Deb's exploits as they
break into intensive farms to rescue animals, demand answers from the RSPCA and
attempt to gain media exposure for their cause.
Duration: 28minutes
featuring
Patty Mark, Debra Tranter, and the Action Animal Rescue Team.
credits
Producer: Cristina Pozzan
Co-Directors: Kyla Brettle & Greg Spiller
Writer: Kyla Brettle
Co-Writer: Greg Spiller
Cinematographer: Greg Spiller
Sound Recordist: Kyla Brettle
Editor: Bill Murphy
Commissioning Editor: Brian McKenzie
Sound edit/mix by Peter Walker, Andrew McGrath, and Dale Cornelius
Produced by Buonna Notte Films in association with Wired Vision.
Financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation Limited.
Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
© 1999 Australian Film Finance Corporation and Buona Notte Film Productions
P/L
First broadcast
on ABC Television 13 June, 2000
Photography: Programme Stills