Woman Who Loves Giraffes

A far-ranging story of scientific discovery, sexual discrimination and environmental alarm.
-- Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

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The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

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, 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 experienced triumphs as well as setbacks. THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES gives us a moving perspective on both.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Science, Women and Film, Nature, Bio-pic
Runtime
83
Language
English
Director
Alison Reid
Writer(s)
Alison Reid
FEATURED REVIEW
Tomris Laffly, Variety

Ask anyone to name a female pioneer who studied wild species in their natural habitat in Africa and you’ll get Jane Goodall. But in 1956, four years before primatologist Goodall’s rightfully celebrated work with the chimpanzees started, there was the 23-year-old Canadian Dr. Anne Innis Dagg and her ...

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