The Weather Diaries
2020•1h 31m•4.0•Released
Documentary
The flying foxes that soar across Sydney each evening face many challenges: impacted by heatwaves, evicted from urban parklands, struggling to survive an ongoing loss of habitat. Bat carers save a handful here and there, and ecologists document their struggles, as threats escalate. Filmed over six years, The Weather Diaries reaches its climax in 2020, as temperatures soar, bushfires rage, and flying fox pups die in record numbers. Drayton ruminates on our failure to value these essential pollinators and the forests they sustain, and reflects on the implications for her daughter Imogen, a girl long inspired by Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, who’s emerging from the classical confines of the Conservatorium High School to embark on a career as an electronic pop artist.
Director
Kathy Drayton
Writer
Kathy Drayton
Languages
English
Studio
JOTZ Productions
Cast
Imogen Jones
Self
Production
Company
JOTZ Productions
Producer
Tom Zubrycki
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