Unlocking the Cage (2016) [N/A]
Featuring:
Barbara Jaffe, Elizabeth Stein, Steven M. Wise
Directed by:
Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Release Date:
January 25, 2016
Original Title:
Unlocking the Cage
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
HBO Documentary Films
Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
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.
Follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans, by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform a chimpanzee from a 'thing' with no rights to a 'person' with legal protections.
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