Bridge of Signs is a feature-length documentary telling the story of three Hong Kongers who grew up in households with Deaf parents. Raised between Hong Kong Sign Language and Cantonese, these individuals identify as CODAs – children of Deaf adults. Interpreting comes naturally to CODAs. Their eyes are sharper and their ears keener than most. What can we learn from people who live as bridges of communication in a society that overlooks sign language? This documentary is an attempt to answer that question while raising awareness about those who have dedicated their lives to Hong Kong Sign Language, an endangered language unique to Hong Kong.
《手勢的橋樑》講述了三位香港人的故事，他們在聾人父母的家庭中長大。這些人在手語和粵語之間成長，在聽覺和無聲的世界之間遊走，他們自稱為CODA， 即是聾人子女。對CODA來說，口譯是自然而然的。他們的眼睛比我們更敏銳，耳朵更靈敏。在一個常常忽視和低估手語的社會中，我們可以從這些作為感知和溝通橋樑的人身上學到什麼呢？這部紀錄片試圖回答這個問題，同時提高人們對香港手語的認識，這是一種獨特於香港的瀕危語言。