DVD
The woman who loves giraffes
Languages
In English, with optional French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, closed-captioned.
Performers
Anne Innis Dagg ; with the voices of Tatiana Maslany and Victor Garber.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Zeitgeist Films, [2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (82 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, 23-year-old biologist Anne Innis Dagg made an unprecedented solo journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild. When she returned home a year later, the insurmountable barriers she faced as a female scientist proved hard to overcome. In The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, Anne (now 86) retraces her steps, offering an intimate window into her life as a young woman, juxtaposed with a first-hand look at the devastating reality that giraffes are facing today. Anne and the species she loves have each experienced triumphs as well as setbacks. This documentary gives us a moving portrait on both.
Notes
Originally released as a documentary in 2019.
Bonus features: Deleted scenes ; Doc soup Q&A ; trailers.