Unlocking the cage / Pennebaker Hegedus Films and HBO Documentary Films present ; in co-production with ARTE France [and four others] ; directed by Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker ; produced by Chris Hegedus, Frazer Pennebaker, Rosadel Varela.

Unlocking the Cage follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. After thirty years of struggling with ineffective animal welfare laws, Steve and his legal team, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), are making...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lavino, James (Composer)
Corporate Authors: HBO Documentary Films (Production company)
Pennebaker Hegedus Films (Production company)
Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Hegedus, Chris (Director)
Pennebaker, D. A. (Director)
Pennebaker, Frazer (Producer)
Wassermann, Pax (Editor)
Varela, Rosadel (Producer)
Wise, Steven M. (Interviewee)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [New York, New York] : Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 2016.
Subjects:
Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare > Law and legislation.
Animal psychology.
Human-animal relationships > Moral and ethical aspects > New York (State)
Chimpanzees > Law and legislation > New York (State)
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:1 online resource ((1 video file), 92 min.) : sound, color
Variant Title:
Expanding legal rights to animals
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Unlocking the Cage follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. After thirty years of struggling with ineffective animal welfare laws, Steve and his legal team, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), are making history by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform an animal from a thing with no rights to a person with legal protections. Supported by affidavits from primatologists around the world, Steve maintains that, based on scientific evidence, cognitively complex animals such as chimpanzees, whales, dolphins, and elephants have the capacity for limited personhood rights (such as bodily liberty) that would protect them from physical abuse. Using writs of habeas corpus (historically used to free humans from unlawful imprisonment), Wise argues on behalf of four captive chimpanzees in New York State.
Call Number:HV4708 .U55 2017 Online
Playing Time:00:91:44
Credits:Edited by Pax Wassermann ; composer, James Lavino.
Participant or Performer:
Steven Wise, interviewee.
Source of Description:
Description from online resource; title from title frames (Kanopy, viewed on July 11, 2017).