Unlocking the Cage Movie Premiere + Nonhuman Rights Project After Party

NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT — EXCLUSIVE AFTER-PARTY BENEFIT FOLLOWING LA PREMIERE OF UNLOCKING THE CAGE

The Nonhuman RIghts Project invites you to a very special event to celebrate the LA theatrical release of Unlocking the Cage, the new Pennebaker Hegedus/HBO documentary about the Nonhuman Rights Project.

Please join us on Friday, June 24 for the 7:20pm showing at the Laemmle Monica Film Center (Santa Monica), a post-screening Q&A with NhRP President Steven Wise and directors D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, and a private after-party with vegan food and wine at Plant Food + Wine in Venice (1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd, about 2 miles from the theater).

Tickets: $150 (includes entrance to film and after-party)

All proceeds go to support the work of the NhRP. A portion of the ticket price is tax-deductible as a charitable donation.

You can learn more about the film here, and watch the latest trailer here.

You can learn more about the work of the Nonhuman Rights Project here.

SELECTED REVIEWS OF UNLOCKING THE CAGE

"In their new documentary, D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus bring their relaxed, acute observational style of filmmaking to bear on a thorny tangle of legal and philosophical questions. Observant and absorbing." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

"Fascinating." - Andrew O’Hehir, Salon

"Veteran doc-makers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follow attorney Steven Wise - and his activist collaborators, the Nonhuman Rights Project - as they attempt to prove in a court of law that chimpanzees deserve the same legal protection as humans. The outcome of their efforts could forever alter how the judicial system handles to concept of inter-species rights, or at the very least how captive animals at zoos, marine parks etc. are treated. An eye-opener, this."- David Fear, Rolling Stone

"A crisp and convincing doc." - Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter

"Should animals – nonhumans – be granted personhood under the law? As outlandish as this may seem, the documentary “Unlocking the Cage,” directed by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker, makes a reasonable case for it."- Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

"'Unlocking the Cage' follows Steven Wise's groundbreaking journey to grant basic legal rights for our evolutionary kin. When he finally wins it will be a giant leap forward for our own humanity." - Louie Psihoyos, Director, Racing Extinction and The Cove