- Documentary
- 17 min
As a bird that briefly perches is a cinematic diary that weaves together the filmmaker’s sentiments about homeland with reference to the geology of Hong Kong; an analogy between human nature and greenhouse gardening; and her reflections on the choice of living abroad as she studies the everyday life of migrant farmers and their adaptation on foreign soil, reinterpreting agricultural processes and the migration of species.
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- Dorothy CheungDirector
- Dorothy CheungDirector of Photography
- Dorothy CheungEditor
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