Unlocking the Cage Movie Updates

Mon., Apr. 3, 2017

from Amazon

Amazon

• added the US DVD release date of May 23, 2017

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Mon., Apr. 4, 2016

from firstrunfeatures.com

First Run Features

• added Theatrical Trailer to trailers & videos
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• added a poster to the gallery
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• added a synopsis

• Unlocking the Cage follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. Arguing that cognitively complex animals such as chimpanzees, whales, dolphins and elephants ... show all have the capacity for limited personhood rights, Steve and his legal team are making history by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform a chimpanzee from a “thing” with no rights to a “person” with legal protections. Unlocking the Cage captures a monumental shift in our culture, as the public and judicial system show increasing receptiveness to Steve’s impassioned arguments. It is an intimate look at a lawsuit that could forever transform our legal system, and one man’s lifelong quest to protect “nonhuman” animals.

• changed the production status to Completed
• added DA Pennebaker as director to credits
• added Chris Hegedus as director to credits
• added documentary as a genre
• added First Run Features as a distributor
• changed the US film release date from TBA to May 25, 2016
• set film release to Limited
• created the movie profile