The Iron Man is a documentary following Irish artist and poet Michael Thatcher's incredible battle with terminal cancer. Coming from a family devastated by cancer and frustrated with the pharmaceutical "cancer industry" and their cynical attempts to keep people alive just long enough to bleed them dry, Michael began researching alternative cannabinoid treatments being used to fight and cure cancer to great effect around the world today. His research took him 4,000km to Israel, to The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, to meet and interview world-renowned Israeli organic chemist Professor Raphael Mechoulam. Professor Mechoulam was the first scientist to isolate the active ingredient of cannabis, THC, in the 1960's. Mechoulam continues his groundbreaking research and development today, successfully using cannabis oil to treat and cure cancer. Inspired by the work of Professor Mechoulam, Michael set about growing his own crop of cannabis in his garden shed, which he then distilled into a cannabis oil and began to treat himself...with startling effects. This incredible journey took Michael Thatcher thousands of miles across the globe with an unbeatable positivity that will touch everyone who spends an hour in his company. The OFFline Film Festival in Ireland was the world premiere of The Iron Man. It has also been chosen to screen in The Belfast Film Festival 2015. directed by Nicky Larkin a Rain Chill Production