RAIN SHADOW - DVD-SERIES 1 (ACORN)

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• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Drama, Foreign
• Plot: After a decade of drought, a devastating sheep disease strikes the small Australian farming town of Paringa. Tough minded veterinarian Kate McDonald (Golden Globe - Nominee Rachel Ward, The Thorn Birds) struggles to save her community with the help of a feisty new assistant (Victoria Thaine, The Caterpillar Wish) - who is just as determined to unlock the mysteries of Kate's past. ; ; Filmed entirely on location in a natural rain shadow region in the Adelaide Hills, this poignant drama features stunningly stark vistas and exceptional performances. Hostility and hope, determination and despair mix in a combustible series that pits two strong women against the odds and, oftentimes, against each other. ; ; Volume One; ; Episode 1: The Long Paddock; ; Rookie vet Jill Blake arrives in Paringa to a brusque reception from her new boss, Dr. Kate McDonald. But Jill is intrigued by the older woman's past and her reasons for staying in this dying district.; ; ; ; Episode 2: You Can't Eat Scenery; As government-sponored dought relief workshop comes to town, Jill begins to realize there are more problems in rain shadow country than meet the eye - or than a downpour could solve.; ; ; ; Episode 3: Paringa Rules; When a visiting agronomist arrives on a study tour of dry-land farming. Kate fears he will submit a report on the condition of the local sheep. Or if he doesn't, she is afraid that jill - increasingly reluctant to play by 'Paringa rules' - will.; ; ; ; Volume Two; ; Episode 4: Black and White; ; Kate persuades Jill to help perform highly illegal surgery on a local man who has plenty of money, no visible means of support, and a unexplained, life-threatening gunshot woulnd to the chest.; ; ; ; Episode 5: The Call of the Wild; As Dr. Aziz prepares to leave. Kate wants to secure his secrecy about the diseade afflicting; the sheep. But her efforts are interrupted when Jill's father and brother unexpectedly visit, and Shane returns with plans of his own for Jill.; ; ; Episode 6: The Soldier's Choice; Rival vet James Campbell threatens to expose Kate for not reporting the sheep's illness unless she sells him her practice. With Larry's help, Jill hatches a plan to thwart him, but will Kate go along with it?;
• Cast: Rachel Ward, Victoria Thaine, Grant Piro, Tom O'Sullivan, Shane Withington, Edwin Hodgeman, Kim Knuckey, Heather Mitchell, Gary Sweet, Nathin Butler, Jude Henshall, Nathaniel Dean, Michaela Cantwell, Amanda Barkley, Craig Behenna, Sarah Brokensha, Susie Fraser, Panda Likoudis, Ksenia Logos, Kerry Ann Reid, Heather Riddell, Lily Robinson, Anna Steen, Marco Venturini, Paul Zweck, Carmel Johnson, Jamie Harding, Jeff Lang, Kyan Burns, Shane Hatchard, Phillip Monoghan, Alex Vickery-Howe, Brenton Whittle, Shawn Seet, Fiona Banks, Jimmy Thomson, Tony Morphett
• Director: Shawn Seet
• Runtime: 5:26
• Company: Acorn Media
• Media Format: Series