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Animation Perspectives 2022
Filmstill Miss Ginkgo (Chapter 1)
Miss Ginkgo (Chapter 1)
Tang Han
Only female ginkgo trees bear fruit. Tang Han explains with infographics, sound comments and sympathetic objectivity – both botany and cultural change.
Filmstill Miss Ginkgo (Chapter 1)

Miss Ginkgo (Chapter 1)

Miss Ginkgo (Chapter 1)
Tang Han
Animation Perspectives 2022
Documentary Film
Germany
2021
5 minutes
English
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Ginkgo trees are separated by sex; only the female trees bear fruit. Once highly esteemed as natural sources of health, city dwellers today object to their pungent smell and, as gardeners, prefer the less complicated, more fragrant “fruitless” male plants. Tang Han explains with infographics, apt short sound comments and sympathetic objectivity.

André Eckardt

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Director
Tang Han
Script
Tang Han
Cinematographer
Tang Han
Editor
Tang Han
Producer
Tang Han
Sound
Tang Han