Unlocking the Cage
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From legendary wife-husband documentary team Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker (The War Room) comes this illuminating, suspenseful and deeply moving look at the unprecedented work of animal rights lawyer Steven Wise. After thirty years of struggling with ineffective animal welfare laws, Steve and his legal team make history by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform an animal from a “thing” with no rights to a “person” with legal protections. At the centre of the tale are a variety of captive chimpanzees, whose cognitive complexity holds the key to his impassioned case.
Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
- USA 2016
- Digital
- 91 minutes
- Rated 12A
- Documentary
The film is screening in Edinburgh at the Filmhouse, 15:40, 25 March 2017.
The Filmhouse is hosting it at public request so it would be good if it was well attended.
For more information please see ‘The Non-human Rights Project‘ website.
Join the Make Believe Collective (MBC Food for Thought) for a screening of ‘HOME’ (2009) at Rough Trade Nottingham, as part of their ‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’ series.
MONDAY 13TH FEBRUARY, FROM 7PM.
‘In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It is too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption.
Through visually stunning footage from over fifty countries, all shot from an aerial perspective, Yann Arthus–Bertrand shows us a view most of us have never seen. He shares with us his sense of awe about our planet and his concern for its health. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to further the call to action to take care of our HOME.
HOME is the first film that has been made using aerial-only footage. The film marks artist-activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s feature film directorial debut.
HOME the movie is carbon offset. All of the CO2 emissions engendered by the making of the film are calculated and offset by sums of money that are used to provide clean energy to those who do not have any. For the last ten years, all the work of Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been carbon offset.’
http://www.homethemovie.org
MBC Food for Thought ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION AND THE ‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’ SERIES AIMS TO BRING YOU THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTARIES, FILMS TO MAKE YOU THINK, DISCUSS AND SHARE WITH OTHERS.
FREE ENTRY – SUGGESTED DOOR DONATION £2.
FLOOR ONE AT Rough Trade Nottingham IS LIFT ACCESSIBLE AND ALL AGES ARE WELCOME.
7PM START.
