« The Animal People » Screening!
« Join us as we screen « The Animal People, » a riveting documentary that tracks the legendary story of a fervent group of activists who dared to challenge the world’s largest animal lab!
Immortalized as the SHAC 7, these heroic campaigners fought Europe’s largest contract animal-testing laboratory in what is now regarded as one of the most successful animal rights campaigns in history. Their dramatic story has the potential to inspire—and to enrage.
SYNOPSIS:
Produced by lifelong activist, Joaquin Phoenix, « The Animal People » tells the story of six advocates determined to expose the world’s largest animal-testing lab—and an industry just as determined to stop them.
The group targeted Huntingdon Life Sciences and called itself SHAC, or « Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. » It used public protests and the then-fledgling internet to lead an open campaign against Huntingdon and successfully halted much of its financial support. But the protests led to a chain of events that would involve the FBI, Congress, surveillance, wiretaps, rewritten laws, and the first-ever indictments of animal advocates for domestic terrorism.
With never-before-seen surveillance and archival footage, the documentary drops viewers into the middle of the action and takes them on a terrifying but invigorating journey. As the filmmakers explain, « The Animal People » is a « chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power. »
Here’s a sneak peek at the film’s trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXcmqguK3DE. »
Organisé par Project Animal Freedom