Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.
Cinematography
Hugo van Lawick's 16mm footage — painterly, intimate, revolutionary.
Editing
Morgen weaves 50 years into 90 minutes without narration crutches.
Score
Philip Glass at his most restrained — music as heartbeat.
Director
Brett Morgen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brett Morgen found 140 hours of unseen footage in a dusty National Geographic vault in 2014 — nobody had watched it in decades.
Jane's 'improper' naming of chimps (David Greybeard, Goliath) scandalized 1960s ethology — she made them individuals, not data points.
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