Unlocking the Cage

2016· 90 min★ 7.0· Documentary, Drama, History

Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S.

Cast: Barbara Jaffe, Elizabeth Stein, Steven M. Wise

Director: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker