The Weeping Tree - Episode 2: Eve Lazarus, Botanist & Lucienne Richard, Artist

A deeply moving and engaging portrait of a Vandemonian tree with the ability to survive blizzards, weep alcohol and bring grown men to tears.
Artist Lucienne Rickard is introduced to the trees by botanist Eve Lazarus. They spend time together in an area called St Patricks Plain where the is a stand of healthy old trees. Eve shows Lucienne the efforts her and her team are making to protect the trees from the effects of over grazing from possums, deer and wild fire. Lucienne then incorporates the trees into her on going multi-year project Extinction Studies, in which she draws and when competed immediately erases images of extinct and endangered species.
Screen Australia Presents In Association With Screen Tasmania
With Support from Purves Environmental Fund
And Purryburry Trust
With Tasmanian Land Conservancy and Australian Geographic
Director - Matthew Newton
Producer - Catherine Pettman
Executive Producer - Andry Sculthorpe
Editor - Nic Venettacci
Director of Photography/Drone/Stills - Matthew Newton
Directors Attachment/Additional Cinematography/Drone/Stills - Anna Brozek
Director of Photography - Gabriel Morrison
Camera Assistant - Rob Giudici
Color Grade / Sound Design - Michael Gissing
Graphics - Manderlee Anstice
Voice Over Recording - George Goerss, Michael Shelley, Cameron Heit
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