Concerns around allowing mining in the Pilliga Forest were shown in a documentary at Parliament House in Canberra last week.

Around this time last year, the National Native Title Tribunal ruled in favour of a $3 billion gas development to allow Santos to drill more than 850 coal seam gas wells in the native Pilliga Forest over the next 25 years.

The decision was controversial as the Pilliga Forest is sacred land to the Gomeroi people. Protests have ensued with Gomeroi people continuing the fight to protect the area from a massive coal and gas seam project.

The latest group to help convey their message is well regarded environmental organisation, the Australian Conservation foundation (ACF) who has taken the story on board in a new campaign that includes a documentary called "Heart of Country".

"We see in Heart of Country that rivers, forests, animals and communities are under threat from coal and gas projects that are fuelling climate change. The government is still approving these projects and our broken nature laws do not take into account climate impact – or respect the rights of First Nations people," ACF First Nations Lead, Josie Alec, a Kuruma Marthudunera woman said.

In the documentary, Elder and a custodian of the waterways in Moree, Polly Cutmore, shares her people’s concerns that the fracking process could threaten the basin, causing devastating impacts on the land, water and the Gomeroi people’s way of life.

“We are very protective of that great artesian water. it sustains us. It is who we are,” Ms Cutmore said.

Heart of Country also features stories from regions in Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia where Indigenous lands are threatened by mining.

Ms Alec said the launch in Canberra was a great success.

"Last week we launched Heart of Country right in the heart of Parliament House in Canberra, at the Parliament House Theatrette," she said. "I stepped away from the launch feeling a sense of pride for all the efforts that the team from ACF had put into this documentary, and a sense of gratitude for our community who embraced it."

"Heart of Country is about truth-telling. It’s about the important conversations that we need to have in Australia about First Nations rights and protecting Country. So we also wanted to share with you some ways to keep protecting Country from the damage caused by fossil fuel and nuclear projects."

The screening drew an audience of over 200 people with Senator Lidia Thorpe and Senator Dorinda Cox in attendance.

Ms Cutmore was one of a panel on hand after the screening to answer audience questions. "It was wonderful to see it and how it all came together," she said. "It was so beautifully done you got tears of happiness."

"I would really like to see a premiere of Heart of the Country shown here in the North West region if it can be organised."