The Orchid Protector (2018)

The project follows native orchid expert, Alan Stephenson, as he visits sites in the Shoalhaven bush in NSW, Australia; there are 142 species growing in this area of which 17 are threatened or vulnerable to extinction. The project shows the environment and explains some of the science, becoming involved in controversies with developers and landowners whose activities threaten the sustainability of the biodiversity necessary for this oldest of flowering plants to survive. Two completed versions of the film are prepared for showing to wider audiences: The Orchid Protector (25-min) and the longer, A Native Orchid Almanac (55-min).