Pennebaker and Hegedus' film follows lawyer Steve Wise’s fight to give animals personhood rights.
This doc chronicles a lawyer's attempt to have "person" status awarded to certain animals.
Animal lovers rejoiced last week when the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that all chimpanzees — even those in biomedical research labs — will be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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NYC judge to decide rights of 2 chimps
Half a century ago, she journeyed into the Tanzanian jungle to change how the world saw chimpanzees. Today the world’s most famous conservationist is on a mission to save their lives.