A Story of Hope with New Faces of Conservation Science
Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and the sixth mass extinction, filmmaker Kristin Tièche explores the crucial roles that bats play in our shared environment, and how a team of women bat scientists set out to save a North American bat species from a deadly fungal disease called white-nose syndrome (WNS) to create a better future for both bats and humans.
At once a nature film, a science film, and a character-driven adventure film, The Invisible Mammal will immerse you in the world of bats and forever change the way you feel about these amazing little creatures.
A feature documentary, co-produced and fiscally sponsored by The Wild Lens Collective, a 501(c)3 organization.
An all-woman team of biologists set out to save bats from a deadly fungal disease, but when the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts their work, they are sent down a path of discovery that illuminates the connections between bat conservation and the spread of infectious disease.
All around us, roosting in trees or crevices, or silently migrating through our neighborhoods, bats go unseen. And now, at a time when bats have been blamed for causing a global pandemic, a new documentary about bat conservation will dispel myths about how pandemics are caused and spread, while also illustrating how bats’ super-immunity may hold a key to our own survival, but only if we can save them from a disease threatening their very existence.
Credits
Written, Directed and Produced by Kristin Tièche
Produced by Matthew Podolsky
Executive Produced by Holly Mosher, Windy Borman, Eileen Kim, Kristin Tièche
Edited by Heidi Zimmerman
Cinematography by Skip Hobbie, Aaron Peterson, Darryn Schulte, Owen Bissell
Sound Design/Mix by Daniele Dantas, Dave Nelson
Color by Marco Ramirez
Animation by Jackie Bonnema
With Music from Carla Patullo
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