Movies like Unlocking the Cage

20 movies like Unlocking the Cage, ordered by similarity : Born to Be Wild(2011), Seed: The Untold Story(2016), Koko: A Talking Gorilla(1978), National Bird(2016), Jane(2017), Kedi(2016), 16 Shots(2019), Oceans(2009), Genesis 2.0(2018), The Anthropologist(2015), The Art of Political Murder(2019), Shirkers(2018) ...

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Unlocking the Cage

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.

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Born to Be Wild

A US drugs cop in Bucharest is up against a Russian gun and drug trafficker employing cute women and a Gypsy gang leader, who plunders, rapes and kills the young and rich. Lots of fighting and shooting.

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Seed: The Untold Story

A film about the importance of heirloom seeds to the agriculture of the world, focusing on seed keepers and activists from around the world.

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Koko: A Talking Gorilla

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

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National Bird

Drone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.

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Jane

A penitent bounty hunter goes to work with at Risk Kids and realizes he needs their help as much as they need his.

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Kedi

A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.

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16 Shots

A documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.

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Oceans

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

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Genesis 2.0

On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters are searching for the tusks of extinct mammoths. There is a gold rush fever in the air. The price for white gold has never ... See full summary »

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The Anthropologist

THE ANTHROPOLOGIST considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager. Over five years, she travels alongside her mother, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.

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The Art of Political Murder

An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.

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Shirkers

A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.

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The C Word

A personal, important, surprising, and funny documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention.

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Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA

Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and The NRA tells the stories of how guns, and the billions made off of them, affect the lives of everyday Americans. It features personal stories from people... See full summary »

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Rodents of Unusual Size

A story about giant swamp rats invading coastal Louisiana and the defiant people on the edge of the world, who are defending their communities, culture, and livelihoods from the onslaught of this curious and unexpected invasive species.

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The Fight

The film tells the story of the Podolsk cadets' heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets from the Podolsk infantry and artillery schools were sent to the Ilyinsky line of defense... See full summary »

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Burden

The life of the always provocative artist Chris Burden, whose work consistently challenged ideas about the limits and nature of modern art, from his notorious performances in the 1970s to his later works.

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Citizenfour

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key ... See full summary »

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What Is Democracy?

This reflection on democracy spans millennia and continents, from ancient Athens' groundbreaking experiment in self-government to capitalism's roots in medieval Italy.

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