Sustainability Series: THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES

Watch Trailer Director: Alison Reid

In Celebration of World Wildlife Day March 3rd!

Dr. Anne Innis Dagg re-traces the steps of her groundbreaking 1956 journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild – and discovers a startling contrast between the world of giraffes she once knew and the one it has become. Weaving through the past and present, her harrowing journey gives us an intimate look into the factors that destroyed her career and the forces that brought her back.

Free admission and post-show discussion, as part of the Spring Sustainability Series.

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Running Time: 83 min83 MIN
This Film is Wheelchair Accessible

Alison Reid deserves high praise for fine storytelling, combining ecology and social-justice issues while focusing on a woman ahead of her times, whose ambitions were thwarted by institutional sexism.

Bruce DeMara
Toronto Star