The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Name: The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 10, 2020
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Amy Phelps, Anne Innis Dagg, David Chinchilla, John Doherty, Lindsay Leese

2020

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: January 10, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Amy Phelps, Anne Innis Dagg, David Chinchilla, John Doherty, Lindsay Leese, Lisa Clifton-Bumpass, Mary Dagg, Sandy Middleton, Tatiana Maslany, Victor Garber

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. In The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, Anne (now 86) retraces her steps, andIn 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. In The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, Anne (now 86) retraces her steps, and with letters and stunning, original 16mm film footage offers 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. Both the world’s first ‘giraffologist’, whose research findings ultimately became the foundation for many scientists following in her footsteps, and the species she loves have each experienced triumphs as well as setbacks.… Expand

Director: Alison Reid

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 123 min

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Kenneth Turan

Feb 20, 2020

“Giraffes” benefits not only from Dagg’s charismatic presence but also from excerpts of letters she wrote during her first trip to Africa (read by Tatiana Maslany) and 16-millimeter color film she shot back in the day. Read full review

Bobby LePire

Jan 9, 2020

While director Alison Reid tries to be a bit more engaging than a simple talking-head documentary, with varying success, the movie has earnestness and heart. So, even with its issues, it is still a solid good time. Read full review

Tomris Laffly

Jan 10, 2020

Reid meticulously investigates why Dr. Dagg’s groundbreaking work didn’t quite collect the widespread acclaim that it deserved. Underneath it all lies a heartbreaking tale of a driven woman stifled by institutional misogyny — a fascinating story stunt coordinator-turned-filmmaker Reid patiently approaches from various captivating angles. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 9, 2020

Blessed with a trove of 16-millimeter film footage captured during this yearlong adventure, the director, Alison Reid, uses it as the foundation for a far-ranging story of scientific discovery, sexual discrimination and environmental alarm. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 9, 2020

Despite some grim ecological statistics and a conservationist message, the movie is so inspirational it feels like the sort of old-fashioned family film that can now be excavated on Disney+. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Feb 11, 2020

The first story “Giraffes” tells is one of endangered animals. The second — and equally powerful one — is a narrative of not just one woman’s struggle to be taken seriously, but the struggle of all women to do so. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Feb 13, 2020

The documentary loses a bit when Dagg returns home, and an alarmingly perky score doesn’t help. Late in life, after her tenure struggles, she published a new edition of her dissertation and found herself rediscovered. Read full review

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