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1) Pariah dog
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Bengali
Description
"Documentary focusing on several eccentric street dog caretakers in Kolkata, India."--Container.
Publisher
American Humane
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring rare footage of endangered animals and interviews with the world's leading animal welfare and conservation specialists, this pioneering feature explores the work of zoos and aquariums across the globe as they race to protect and preserve animals from al seven of the Earth's continents." -- Container.
A look at the world's leading animal welfare specialists and conservation scientists working to protect animals from all seven of Earth's...
Publisher
Rattle the Cage Productions
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Follows Juliette West, a fourteen-year-old from suburban California, and Lek Chailert, known throughout Asia as the famous "Elephant Lady," as they meet and work to save elephants and expose the dark secrets within industries steeped in greed and corruption.
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Shocking undercover footage shows how animals exported from Europe as livestock are routinely exposed to inhumane conditions and abused. A ruling that EU animal welfare regulations should remain in place until the very end of the journey is not being imposed.
Publisher
Documentary Go
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
According to a Department of Justice estimate, police officers shoot and kill over 10,000 pet dogs in the US every year. It takes audiences on a journey with pet owners through the tragedy of loss and pursuit of change in a legal system in which the very officers they challenge are an integral part. %x;From SWAT raids to simple calls and even visits to wrong addresses, we are seeing more and more incidents of officers using lethal force against...
6) Oink!
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Babs receives a pig named Oink as a present from her grandfather, she convinces her parents to keep it. But her parents are not the biggest threat to Oink because her grandfather is secretly taking part in the sausage competition with her pet on the chopping block.
Series
Criterion collection volume 297
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
"A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema ... follows the donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly. Through Bresson's unconventional...
Publisher
K Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In ordinary Somerset County, a young farm girl named Fern rescues the runt of a litter of pigs from her father's ax. Fern names the pig Wilbur, takes care of him, and continues to visit him every day after he is moved to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman's barn across the road. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house" when Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her...
10) The cove
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan is a highly guarded secret. During the night, Taiji fishermen engage in an unseen hunt for thousands of dolphins. The work is so horrifying, the fishermen will stop at nothing to keep it hidden from the outside world. When a team of elite activists, filmmakers, and free-divers embark on a secret mission to penetrate their cover, the shocking discoveries they find there are just the tip of the iceberg.
12) Eating animals
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer and narrated by co-producer Natalie Portman, this is an urgent, eye-opening look at the environmental, economic, and public health consequences of factory farming. It offers attainable, common-sense solutions to a growing crisis while making the case that ethical farming is not only an animal rights issue but also one that affects every aspect of life.
13) Okja
Series
Criterion collection volume 1133
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
Description
Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's beating heart is the connection between a girl and her super...
14) The champions
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Examines the fate of pit-bulls rescued from NFL quarterback Michael Vick's much-publicized dog-fighting operation. Originally believed by authorities to be too dangerous to be permitted to continue living, the dogs were eventually transferred to an animal shelter in Utah for rehabilitation.
15) American meat
Publisher
Leave it Better LLC
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A solutions-oriented documentary chronicling the current state of the U.S. meat industry. First explaining how America arrived at our current industrial system, the story shifts to the present day, showing the feedlots and confinement houses, not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there.
16) Temple Grandin
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories as a leader in the field of animal husbandry and the humane handling of cattle.
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