人类与银杏这一已存在了两亿年的活化石共同生活在同一个星球上。在我们的当代生活中,银杏作为行道树而融入城市,由于它有突出的能力去适应不同气候且抵抗污染和虫害。影片对银杏展开探索,从自然写作和中国古代民间故事中的生态伦理观中汲取灵感,批判性地审视了人类欲望的扩张与转变、人与非人类之间的相互联系,并思考了银杏和其它存在之间的生命连续性和暂时性。树木作为见证者,以它们不同的生命周期来传达故事的不同维度。 Humansliveonthesameplanetwithginkgo—alivingfossilthathasbeenaroundfor200millionyears.However,ginkgomaybenothingmorethanastreettree,integratedinthecity;asurbanplannersoftenchooseitbecauseofitsprominentabilitytoadapttovariousclimatesandresistpollutionandpests.ThroughtheexplorationoftheginkgotreeandinspirationfromecologicalethicsinnaturewritingandAncientChinesefolktales,thisfilmcriticallyexaminesshiftinghumangreed,theinterconnectednessbetweenhumansandnonhumans,andcon-templatesthecontinuityoflifeandthetemporalityoftheginkgoinrelationtothatofotherexistences.Treesactaswitnesses,conveyingdifferentdimensionsofthestorythroughthedifferentcyclesoflife.