Lets Chat About Cats - Episode 18 with Special Guest Katharine Parsons from Ravenshoe Media with The Fire Cats Movie

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This is an incredible episode where I had the pleasure of speaking with Katharine Parsons from Ravenshoe Media.
Katharine is the director of the upcoming documentary movie "The Fire Cats" (not yet released but which has been submitted to several festivals) and I am sure this is going to be selected by many of them and hopefully will be a winner of many awards. The project has developed and been created over some time and Katharine has produced something quite amazing and that is putting it mildly! Had everyone seen the film I could say more but it is a top secret for now so I am careful with what I say and share to respect Katharine's hard work.
What I can say is that many of these types of movies can be shocking and not for the fainthearted but Katharine has treated what is a sensitive subject matter with grace, dignity and kindness. It isn't projected brutally or harsh and yes it is sad at times but when it truly matters and is still dealt with so elegantly. That is a skill in itself to be able to pull this off the way Katharine has done so.
The Tubbs fire and subsequent Paradise fire destroyed so many homes when they occurred, they left many humans dead and those who survived were left with nothing, some even lost their beloved pets in the fires and could not get back into the burn zones to try and find out if they survived,
Katharine originally documented the Tubbs fire, however, when Paradise happened she knew that her original movie was going to become something much more than what was originally planned.
Over the past years Katharine has headed up an amazing team of people who have all in some way contributed something special to this movie.
Shannon Jay the prolific Fire Cat Rescuer features through the movie and you get a true and real insight into the things he faces and deals with whilst doing his incredible work.
Raphael Fimm a composer from Austria composed the music throughout, there is an appearance vocally by the talented Katey Brooks.
Douglas Thron the renowned cinematographer worked with Shannon during the rescues and provided much of the drone footage.
Joy Smith from Fieldhaven Feline Rescue was instrumental in providing much of the help required to protect the "feral yet non feral cats". You will understand when you watch the movie.
This was a real collaboration with important and valuable people at the core of it all and no one less so than Katharine to have the vision to create something sad yes but also something incredibly beautiful.
The film strap line "Save Something Small" says it all..... just hurry up and watch it as soon as you can!!!!
You can read all about the following here :
Home (ravenshoemedia.com) - Katherines media company
also @ravenshoemedia on Instagram
The Fire Cats on Vimeo - A small trailer teaser of the movie
The Fire Cats | Seed&Spark (seedandspark.com) - Katherines fundraising site for the initial movie production
Home - FieldHaven Feline Center - Where many of the Paradise Cats were taken after rescue including Dusty the Campfire Cat
also @fieldhaven_feline_centre on Instagram
Dusty the Campfire Cat | Facebook - Dusty The Campfire Cat's Facebook Page
also on @dustythecampfirecat on Instagram
(1) Shannon Jay | Facebook - Shannon Jay on Facebook where you can follow his work as he posts regularly
@kateybrooks on Instagram
@douglasthron on Instagram
@raphael.fimm on Instagram
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