The Weather Diaries

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 yearsThe Weather Diariesreaches 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 Ghiblis Princess Mononoke whos emerging from the classical confines of the Conservatorium High School to embark on a career as an electronic pop artist