Elder Birdsong

Name: Elder Birdsong
Director: Sarina Pearson
Released: 2019-01-31
Duration: 5 min
Cast: Rima Te Wiata, Margaret Baker, Chunjoon Hwang, Yoon Young Kim, Heather Hickman

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2019 · 5 min

Overview

Elder Birdsong is an animated musical short film in which 3 elderly birds: an ailing Owl, a physically challenged native Tui, and a couple of isolated migratory Korean Godwits sing about challenges of mobility, loneliness, and self-reliance. It is through their humour and dignity that these ageing birds demonstrate their resilience and provoke us to pick up the phone and get in touch with the elderly people in our lives. The film is a collaboration between public health scholars and filmmakers in New Zealand.

Directed by Sarina Pearson

Cast

Rima Te Wiata — Tui
Margaret Baker — Owl
Chunjoon Hwang — Mr Godwit
Yoon Young Kim — Mrs Godwit
Heather Hickman — Suzanne