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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.
Dec 9, 2020 · Unlocking the Cage is a 2016 American documentary film by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus about the work of the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) and lawyer Steven Wise's efforts to achieve legal rights for nonhuman animals.
Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 3, 2022 Full Review Ellen Dwyer One Room With A View It's difficult to make a documentary about a legal battle interesting...But Unlocking The Cage achieves this because at...
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May 25, 2016 · “Unlocking the Cage” focuses on the U.S. legal front and one intrepid animal advocate in particular. From his home in Florida, attorney Steven Wise recalls that he had a standard practice for a young lawyer back in 1979 when someone gave him the book that changed his life, Peter Singer’s “Animal Liberation.”
Unlocking the Cage follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans.
Jun 22, 2016 · 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. Directors.
Following the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) attorneys as they visit animal sanctuaries and humans who privately hold apes in captivity. NhRP argues that elephants, apes and cetaceans have human-like capacities that warrant similar legal status as a five-year old human being in the USA.
