Animal liberation movement (documentaries)

The film offers a comprehensive examination of the exploitation of animals in modern society.

An investigation of an AIDS research facility called SEMA prompted Dr. Jane Goodall, the world's foremost primate specialist, to call for its closure and the suspension of experiments using chimpanzees. After the exposé was featured on national television, SEMA stopped total-isolation confinement of baby chimpanzees.

Hidden Crimes exposes secret footage from the Animal Liberation Front, revealing animal experimentation at research facilities in California and Pennsylvania, showing the practices and their potential consequence on health and the economy.

The story of Britches, a little monkey whose eyes were sewn shut after birth due to a cruel experiment. Fortunately, she was rescued by the Animal Liberation Movement (ALF).

Labs, pounds, animal control, hunt saboteurs, farms. An introduction for the uninitiated public, which attempts the usual "balance" between viewpoints.

An expose of vivisector John Orem's ride on the federal grant gravy train that tells the remarkable story of how five cats slated for death at Texas Tech escaped on the underground railroad.

Exploring the ideology of the international group Animal Liberation Front (ALF), which strives to prevent the mistreatment of animals by humans, especially in the fields of laboratory experiments and industrial breeding. They frequently employ illegal methods but consistently prioritize non-violent forms of action. The document provides essential information about the ALF, offering a clear and concise explanation of their ideology and political stance.

Shamrock Farm was Europe's largest import and quarantine center, supplying primates to vivisection laboratories, including the infamous Huntingdon Life Sciences. It became the target of massive protests from various animal rights and liberation groups. This film documents the efforts of the activists behind the 'Save the Shamrock Monkeys' campaign, which culminated in 15 months of demonstrations in 1999, ultimately leading to the closure of the facility.

Anna is a young vegan and animal rights activist. We follow her both in her everyday life and during a trip to Helsinki, where she participates in a large illegal demonstration against the fur industry.

This video has been produced by various individuals to complement the original video Animal Liberation 2: The Sequel (1995) and illustrate how animal liberation has evolved into the 1990s. Every year, billions of animals are killed in laboratories, confined in factory farms, and slaughtered in abattoirs. They are also hunted, shot, and fished for pleasure by hunters, shooters, and anglers. Consequently, some people are willing to go beyond the law. Since the 1980s, nearly 200 individuals have been imprisoned. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has successfully shut down some vivisection laboratories and other establishments.

The documentary film, directed by Birgitta Svensson and broadcast on Swedish television SVT, features interviews with activists, not only from the largest Scandinavian animal rights organization, NSMPD.

Activists employed various methods in practice to achieve the goals of the animal liberation movement. Some worked to inform the public through pamphlets and articles in newspapers. Others aimed to influence government officials and elected representatives in parliament. Activist organizations held demonstrations and protest gatherings outside locations where animals suffered for human purposes. However, many began to lose patience, as they achieved only limited progress and sought to use sharper actions to bring about an immediate halt to animal testing.

A video magazine highlighting direct actions within the animal rights and environmental movements. It features the activities of the Animal Liberation Front, Earth First!, and other groups.

Rod Coronado is an indigenous traditionalist, Earth warrior and convicted ALF activist who spent few years in a federal prison for actions carried out on behalf of the earth and the animals. This video contains record of a radio interview conducted by Mirha-Soleil Ross with Rod Coronado on June 15, 2000 for ANIMAL VOICES (CIUT 89.5FM - Toronto). Its transcript was subsequently published in Issue #17 of the UNDERGROUND: The Magazine of the North American Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group.

Undercover filming by animal rights activists campaigning to get the farming for experimentation facility shut down.

The short video presents an international campaign by Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), which seeks to close the Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) experimental facility.

"Animal Rights - a universal declaration" is a film featuring activist Heather Nicholson, psychologist Dr Richard Ryder, script by Alex Bourke, published by Vegetarian Guides and Innervision.

The second part of the video magazine Breaking Free provides information on direct actions within the animal rights movement, primarily focusing on Animal Liberation Front (ALF) groups.

Bringing the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) closer, it discusses the issue of vivisection and features interviews with ALF activists and other campaigners to shut down vivisection labs.

Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) in Great Britain is a contract research organization that owns one of Europe's largest animal testing laboratories. In 2002, they euthanized 500 animals a day while conducting tests on products such as herbicides, food dyes, and medicines. At least seven times before 2002, disturbing instances of animal cruelty and violations of scientific standards had been uncovered. Channel 4 news once aired footage of an HLS employee punching a beagle puppy in the face while a co-worker laughed. Secret recordings also revealed employees engaging in inappropriate behavior with female beagles, derogatorily labeled as 'scum.' This is a segment from the long-standing international conservation campaign known as SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) with accompanying commentary.

The documentary sheds light on the campaigns of activists from the animal liberation movement, featuring footage from coordinated protests and archival material from the historical fight against vivisection. The included footage captures participants in demonstrations against the Morini breeding farm in San Polo d'Enza, Italy, which supplies beagles to vivisection laboratories for experimental purposes.

"Chattel" focuses on several research animal facilities and the campaigns and individuals working to close them down. The film includes the story of Matt Rossell's two year undercover investigation at the Oregon Regional Primate Center.

The film depicts the philosophy of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) in action. It includes footage of breaking the pheasant pens, raiding laboratory breeders, sabotaging battery farms, burning cars, attacking boats and disrupting hunts.