(Elder Birdsong)

Content: 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.

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Runtime:

5 minutes

Year:

2019

Directors:

Shuchi Kothari

Production companies:

Nomadz Unlimited,

Gainsborough Films

Actors:

Tui

Owl

Mr Godwit

Mrs Godwit

Suzanne

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Animation

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Animation

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