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Unlocking the Cage

United States of America

8/10 from 4 votes

Gender: Documentar

Director: Chris Hegedus

Date of release: 25 Jan 2016

Description

Renowned filmmakers D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follow determined animal rights activist Steven Wise into the courtroom for an unprecedented battle that seeks to utilize the writ of habeas corpus to expand legal “personhood” to include certain animals. Wise’s unusual plaintiffs—chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko, once famed showbiz stars—are now living in filth, struggling to survive. Wise and his impassioned legal team take us into the field, revealing gripping evidence of such abuse and plunging us into the intricacies of their case as they probe preconceived notions of what it means to be a non-human animal.

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Runtime 90 minute
Producer Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Inc.
Language English
Themes woman director

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