For the first time on the silver screen, watch an extended work-in-progress clip of The Invisible Mammal, a new documentary about bat conservation by local filmmaker and Climate Reality leader Kristin Tièche.

This special event is co-sponsored by Climate Reality Bay Area and Friends of Olompali.

• Watch an exclusive extended clip from the film

• Engage in a Q&A all about bats with the members of the filmmaking team

• Learn about ways to support the film

• Wine and light hors d'oeuvres will be served

All donations are tax-deductible.

Against the backdrop of the sixth mass extinction, a team of women biologists set out to save a North American bat species from a deadly fungal disease. As the disease reaches the far corners of the continent, a global pandemic attributed to a bat species in China interrupts their project, their jobs, and their commitment to protect bat species worldwide, an effort inextricably intertwined with our own survival.

The Invisible Mammal is a feature-length documentary film about bats, infectious disease, and women in science. In this intensely cinematic film, bats are rendered poetically visible: spectacularly streaming out of caves or bridges, or cradled in a gloved hand, wings extended. Wonder is the overriding emotion. Adventure is a key mood, along with mind-expanding discovery in the company of some of the most prominent human faces in bat conservation.

Watch the trailer