The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
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, 100% Fresh Tomatometer Score- An indictment of institutional prejudices and an engrossing environmental documentary, The Woman Who Loves Giraffes should be loved by audiences everywhere.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNell MinowAWFJ.org
What a pleasure to spend time with Dr. Dagg, a woman who shows us how important - and how transformative - the combination of curiosity, rigorous, fearless intellectual integrity, cheerfulness, and generosity of spirit can be.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChris HewittMinneapolis Star Tribune
Passionate, funny and modest, Dagg is the sort of "character" documentarians dream of finding.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKenneth TuranLos Angeles Times
"The Woman Who Loves Giraffes" lives up to its title, and something more.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark FeeneyBoston Globe
"The Woman Who Loves Giraffes" is almost as much about the prejudice Dagg had to deal with as a female scientist as it is about the wondrous title creatures.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael O'SullivanWashington Post
It's worth being reminded that misogyny is as pernicious a force as the unchecked development that threatens the habitat of a majestic animal.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter RainerChristian Science Monitor
Dagg is the focus of Alison Reid's The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, and it confirms a long-held tenet of mine: If the subject of a documentary is fascinating, it doesn't much matter if the filmmaking is workmanlike.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCate MarquisAWFJ.org
This warm documentary not only spotlights the lively Dr. Dagg and her giraffe research but also her inspiring fight against sexism to study the animal she had always loved.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLeslie CombemaleAWFJ.org
Have you heard of Anne Innis Dagg? The answer is probably not, and people around the world should know her.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMaryAnn JohansonAWFJ.org
Dagg is a true trailblazer, and it's wonderful to see her celebrated.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJennifer MerinAWFJ.org
In The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, filmmaker Alison Reid presents a superb documentary profile,.
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