"[T]hought-provoking and hard-hitting...[C]hallenges...narratives that humans are innately superior to other animals." Dr. Matthew Ruby, Psychology, La Trobe Univ

For the first time, a single documentary includes the evidence for other animals' sentience, investigations into the hidden animal-using industries, the philosophical case for a profound shift in how we view other animals, and the empowering steps that individuals and institutions can take—all in a way that is thrilling to watch and easy to share.

Humans and Other Animals takes on—in the most comprehensive and engaging manner yet put to film—what may soon become a defining issue of our time.



Grade Level: 10-12, College, Adults
US Release Date: 2025     Copyright Date: 2024
DVD ISBN: 1-961192-44-6

Reviews "This is the animal documentary we needed...Essential viewing." Gene Baur, President and Co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, Author, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food "A great film. Humans and Other Animals creates a rich, logical, and visceral argument to reconsider our relationship with nonhumans and the abuses modern industrial farming inflicts on them." Daniel T. Blumstein, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Los Angeles "Humans and Other Animals is an excellent examination of our complex and contradictory relationships with other animals. Through rigorous research and compelling storytelling, it challenges our treatment of other animals as well as our beliefs and values about them. Equal parts intellectually and emotionally engaging, this documentary is required viewing for anyone who seeks to understand not only how we interact with other animals but also how our most deeply held scientific and ethical assumptions interact with our everyday attitudes and behaviors." Jeff Sebo, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, Director of Ctr for Environmental and Animal Protection, New York University, Author, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves "Humans and Other Animals could almost be the film version of Animal Liberation...It covers nonhuman animal sentience, investigations of factory farming, the main philosophical argument, the practical steps that individuals can take, and responses to all the common questions/objections, in an engaging way...It can be shared with family, friends or students as an introduction to what's wrong with the way we think about animals - and the way we treat them." Peter Singer, Emeritus Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, Author, Animal Liberation "Don't miss Humans and Other Animals. It is part thriller as the director fights through obstacles to reveal the horrors of factory farming/part clear advocacy of what humans and animals share/and part sober indictment of a human species that continues to cause vast amounts of suffering on innocent fellow beings." Roger S. Gottlieb, Professor of Philosophy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Author, Morality and the Environmental Crisis "Are humans fundamentally different from other animals? If the answer is 'no,' then there are profound implications for many aspects of our lives. Watch the documentary Humans and Other Animals as you formulate your own answer to this deceptively simple question. The response you decide on might surprise you." Diane F. Halpern, Former President, American Psychological Association, Author, Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking "Please get everybody you know to see this." Ingrid Newkirk, Founder and President of PETA "Documentaries like this create an approachable space for us to think about humanity's contradictory relationships with non-human species on this planet. It provides a thoughtful interrogation into the reasons human-animal relationships exist as they do, using an innovative blend of academic research, discussion through the lens of the current zeitgeist, and field investigations. Humans and Other Animals inspires an urgency to evolve humanity's treatment toward other species to one that truly encompasses compassion, consideration, and respectful coexistence." Jessica Chapman, Staff Attorney, Criminal Justice Program, Animal Legal Defense Fund "Humans and Other Animals starts with our evolutionary kinship with animals and ends with our species' planetary humility. By talking ethics with dozens of experts and ordinary folks around the globe we discover that we don't have solid arguments to feel superior to other animals and to enslave them as we do. This film asks us to be the abolitionist heroes of this century." Carrie Freeman, Professor of Communication, Georgia State University, Author, The Human Animal Earthling Identity "A well-researched documentary that takes both empirical data and theories seriously. We see philosophical arguments clearly articulated, objections carefully considered, and moral implications provocatively raised. I find the comparison on human slavery and animal exploitation especially lucid and persuasive. This is a film that will invite productive discussion. I look forward to showing this to students in my animal ethics course!" Alison Suen, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iona University, Author, The Speaking Animal: Ethics, Language and the Human-animal Divide