The Weather Diaries.
Following the director’s child Imogen as they become a young adult in a world increasingly affected by global warming, this contemplative home-grown documentary muses on motherhood, climate anxiety, bat conservation, and what it means to be growing up and finding creative success in a world literally on fire.
About the film.
Available online, 14 Oct - 14 Nov ‘21
$12 / $9 conc (passes available)
2020 | 91’ | Australia | English | Kathy Drayton
Following Director Kathy Drayton's child Imogen as they become a young adult in a world increasingly affected by global warming, The Weather Diaries sees temperatures rise, bushfires rage, and flying foxes die in record numbers, while studying the effect on Imogen and their pursuit of a musical career.
Ruminating on our failure to understand the effects of climate change and its implications for future generations, this is a story both personal and political, with Drayton examining the reality of living with climate anxiety against a backdrop of powerful ignorance.
A contemplative home-grown documentary, musing on motherhood, climate anxiety, bat conservation, and what it means to be growing up and finding creative success in a world literally on fire.
The film balances, in a beautiful poetic way, optimism and pessimism, fear and hope, melancholia and illumination. | Adrian Martin, Screenhub
A poetic, evocative and confronting reflection on the psychological stresses of climate change on everyday lives. | Jason Di Rosso, The Screen Show, ABC Radio National