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Jane Goodall: The Hope
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- Where to Find It: Disney+
- Rating: TV-14
- Release Date: 2020
- Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
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A stirring documentary special that captures Jane Goodall’s decades-spanning legacy, from revealing the human side of chimps to inspiring young people around the world to take actions to save their planet.
A fascinating look at a literal force of nature, Jane Goodall: The Hope takes us inside a legendary life as the primatologist meets with everyone from children in Zanzibar to Prince Harry to Silicon Valley tech giants. We see how she brings together a lifetime of wisdom, passion and compassion to spread a message of hope and spotlight how each of us has the potential be a catalyst for lasting change.
From her lifetime of observing, studying, and fighting to protect chimpanzees to her more recent focus on building community-centered conservation programs across Africa, the Disney+ special draws the connection between animal rights, human rights, and climate-change activism. Her determination and progress might even be the prompt you need to make your own commitment to change.
With the news of her passing, this is the doc to watch to understand the scope of Jane Goodall’s word and her impact around the world. It’s the story of an icon we can all rally around to find hope in tumultuous times.
If you’re want to go deeper, watch 2017’s Jane (Hulu) which features never-before-seen footage of a 26-year-old Goodall as she first began to study the lives of wild chimpanzees in the 1960s while also raising her first child. Is there such a thing as too much Jane Goodall? We don’t think so.
