Unlocking the Cage(Movie, 2016)

Name: Unlocking the Cage
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016
Duration: T01:30:00
Rating: 3.6

1h 30min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 7 votes)

Unlocking the Cage is a 2016 American documentary film about the work of the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) and lawyer Steven Wise's efforts to grant limited legal personhood rights to chimpanzees, whales, dolphins and elephants. It was directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. It was the final film directed by Pennebaker before his death in August 2019. A. O. Scott of The New York Times praised the film, writing that "D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus bring their relaxed, acute observational style of filmmaking to bear on a thorny tangle of legal and philosophical questions. Part courtroom drama, part rumination on what separates human beings from other animals, the film is above all a sympathetic portrait of an advocate...it is hard to watch Unlocking the Cage without being somewhat swayed by the arguments — or at least impressed by the sincerity — of Steven Wise." The Guardian called it an "exemplary... ()

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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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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: HBO Documentary, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Inc.

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Korean (KO), Swedish (SV)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/25/2016

Cast: Steven M. Wise, Tommy

Director: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker

Producer: Chris Hegedus

Director of Photography: Chris Hegedus

Composer: James Lavino

Keywords: woman director

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