In Madagascar, a fearless bat catcher, Tojo, travels cross country to catch bats for scientists who study their diseases. As cyclones threaten to wreak havoc on his fire-stricken homeland, Tojo’s journey becomes a poignant pilgrimage toward ancestral connection and ecological care.
WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE SKY immerses into the tightly entangled lives of bat catchers, scientists and old world fruit bats in the depleted forests of Madagascar.
