InScience Film Festival
Unlocking the Cage

Unlocking the Cage

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.

Director
Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker
Country
United States
Length
91 min
Nominated for
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Type Film
Documentary
Premiere
-
Language
English
Pathway
Ethics, Social Sciences, Law studies, World of Science, Animals studies
Subtitle
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Year
2016

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