Director Daniel Clarke and Amy Pysden
Score 5.5/6

Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby, is one of South Australia’s most endangered mammals. In 2007, when numbers dropped below 200 in the remote central desert, the Warru Recovery Team was formed to help save the precious species from extinction.

If you go to a film festival, I feel that are specific genres that you should probably see given the theme of the festival, now going to a documentary film festival you should definitely take the opportunity to see a nature documentary.
I’m sure a lot of people have heard about wallabies before (they are the emblem for the Australian Rugby Union team) but like myself might not of heard of the Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby.
The Warru is a very beautiful animal and I thought that it was kind of cool to hear them described as being like the ‘Spiderman’ of rock wallabies. I really was unfamiliar with the work of the filmmakers (as it should be noted most of the filmmakers whose documentaries I am reviewing for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival) I liked how Saving Warru was informative talking not only about the efforts of the Warru Recovery Team but some of the history about the decline of the population of the Warru. One of the sweeter moments involved that the old ladies singing to Warru as come back to their country. While one of the more shocking moments involved the relationship of the stomach contents of a feral cat and its overall bodyweight.