What does an unusually large, ugly, invasive species of toad have to do with global warming, international trade, and the survival of biodiversity? Quite a lot, actually. Mark Lewis’s amazing and hilarious documentary Cane Toads tells the story of Bufo marinus, which was introduced to Austral...
A charming, oddball documentary that charts the progress of an invasive species of Central American toad across Northern Australia and the experiences of the townspeople it encounters along the way.Introduced to Queensland in the 1930s in an attempt to alleviate the blight of the cane beetle which...
In my review ofForgotten Silver, I discuss the peculiar hybrid genre known as the mockumentary, where an authentic formal and stylistic documentary representation masks a wholly fictional subject matter. The subject ofCane Toadsis so bizarre, and the reaction of the people interviewed so emotionally ...