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Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights

The Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights program provides a platform for filmmakers to share stories of inspiration and tools for creating a safe and humane world for all living beings, encouraging dialogue about how we treat and view animals as a community.

The Zelda Penzel Giving Voice to the Voiceless Award is presented to a film in this section that raises public awareness and provokes discussion about contemporary issues of social concern, with a focus on the rights, as well as the moral and ethical treatment of animals. The award is given to a film that inspires compassion, motivates action and compels change.

Made possible, in part, by the generous contributions of: • John Bradham • Alan Ceppos & Frédéric Rambaud • Pat Field Photography • Zelda Penzel • Andrew Sabin Family Foundation • Sony & Maurice Schotland Foundation

JANE

2017 Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights | documentary feature | 90 min Culled from hundreds of hours of recently discovered 16mm archival footage, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen crafts an enchanting portrait of legendary primatologist and activist Jan …

Directed by Brett Morgen

THE LAST PIG

2017 Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights | documentary feature | 54 min New York Premiere WINNER: 2017 Zelda Penzel “Giving Voice to the Voiceless” Award A moving meditation on a man’s crisis of faith, THE LAST PIG follows Bob Comis as he concludes his last season as a pig farm …

Directed by Allison Argo

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