Give as a gift
From the bamboo forests of one’s home country to the taste of a juicy mango, what does it mean to miss something when it’s gone? These remind us to appreciate the natural world in all its complexities before it’s paved and converted into a parking lot.
After escaping Japan in his youth, a now elderly Japanese man found refuge on a farm in the mountains of North Carolina, where growing bamboo taught him how to live.
- Year2024
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- PremiereWorld
- DirectorDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng
- ProducerDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng, Sevi Burget-Foster
- CinematographerDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng
- EditorDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng
From the bamboo forests of one’s home country to the taste of a juicy mango, what does it mean to miss something when it’s gone? These remind us to appreciate the natural world in all its complexities before it’s paved and converted into a parking lot.
After escaping Japan in his youth, a now elderly Japanese man found refuge on a farm in the mountains of North Carolina, where growing bamboo taught him how to live.
- Year2024
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- PremiereWorld
- DirectorDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng
- ProducerDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng, Sevi Burget-Foster
- CinematographerDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng
- EditorDavid (Mingyuan) Zheng