Films for Use in HAS Classes
This list includes films and television shows that could be screened by SASI chapters at their events.
Short Animations
Family Dog. Dir. Brad Bird (1989)
Creature Comforts. Dir. Nick Park (1990)
One Rat Short. Dir. Alex Weil (2006)
Feature Films
Old Yeller, Dir. Robert Stevenson. Walt Disney Productions (1958)
Lady and the Tramp, Dir. Clyde Geronimi. Walt Disney Productions (1958)
The Birds, Dir. Afred Hitchcock. Universal Pictures (1963)
Flipper, Dir. James B. Clark. MGM (1963)
Born Free, Dir. James Hill, Tom McGowan. Columbia Pictures (1965)
Planet of the Apes, Dir. Franklin J. Shaffner. 20th Century Fox (1968)
Black Beauty, Dir. James Hill. CCC Filmkunst et al. (1971)
Jaws, Dir. Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures (1975)
Black Stallion, Dir. Carroll Ballard, American Zoetrope (1981)
Never Cry Wolf, Dir. Carroll Ballard. Buena Vista and Walt Disney Productions (1983)
My Life as a Dog, Dir. Lasse Hallström. Waldemar Bergendahl (1985)
The Fly, Dir. David Cronenberg. Brooksfilms (1986)
Gorillas in the Mist, Dir. Michael Apted. Universal Pictures (1988) HASResource Film List Compiled by Margo DeMello Updated July 24, 2012 Page 1
The Bear, Dir. Jean Jacqes Annaud. Unicorn Productions (1989)
Free Willy, Dir. Simon Wincer. Warner Bros (1993)
Black Beauty, Dir. Caroline Thompson. Warner Brothers (1994)
Babe, Dir. Chris Noonan. Kennedy Miller Films et al. (1995)
12 Monkeys, Dir. Terry Gilliam. Universal Pictures (1995)
Fly Away Home, Dir. Carroll Ballard. Branti Film Productions (1996)
The Island of Doctor Moreau, Dir. John Frankenheimer. New Line Cinema (1996)
The Horse Whisperer, Dir. Robert Redford. Touchstone Pictures (1998)
Mighty Joe Young, Dir. Ron Underwood. Buena Vista Pictures (1998)
Deep Blue Sea, Dir. Renny Harlin. Warner Brothers (1999)
Instinct, Dir. Jon Turteltaub. Buena Vista Pictures (1999)
The Animal, Dir. Luke Greenfield. Revolution Studios (2001)
Amores Perros, Dir. Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu. Altavista Films (2002)
Whale Rider, Dir. Niki Caro. Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment (2002)
Fast Food Nation, Dir. Richard Linklater. Fox Searchlight Pictures (2006)
Year of the Dog, Dir. Mike White. Paramount Classics (2007)
Ratatouille, Dir. Brad Bird and Jan Pikava. Walt Disney Productions (2007)
Non-Fiction TV Shows
The Dog Whisperer, National Geographic Channel (2004—)
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Meerkat Manor: It All Begins, Animal Planet (2008)
Animal Cops, Animal Planet (2002—)
Documentaries Primate, Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Zipporah Films (1974)
To Live with Herds, Dir. Judith MacDougall and David MacDougall. Berkeley Media, LLC (1974)
Meat, Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Zipporah Films (1976)
Koko the Talking Gorilla, Dir. Barbet Schroeder, The Criterion Collection (1978)
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, Dir. Mark Lewis. First Run (1987)
Africa: Wilds of Madagascar, National Geographic Channel (1988)
Gorillas in the Midst of Man, Dir. Adrian Warren. BBC Natural History Unit (1989)
In Defense of Animals: A Portrait of Peter Singer, Dir. Julie Akeret. Bullfrog Films (1989)
Animal Appetites (1991)
Anima Mundi, Dir. Godfrey Reggio. Institute for Regional Education (1992)
In the Company of Wolves, Dir. Jeremy Bradshow. PBS (1993)
Lolita: Slave to Entertainment, Dir. Timothy Michael Gorski. Rattle the Cage Productions (1993)
John Robbins: Celebration, Cell Tech (1994)
Tiger Crisis, Dir. Mike Birkhead. BBC Natural History Unit (1994)
Wildlife Warriors, Dir. Dereck Joubert. National Geographic Channel (1996)
The Joy of Pigs, Dir. Michael Barry. PBS (1996)
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Microcosmos, Dir. Claude Nuridsany. Galatée Films (1996)
Paul Ehrlich and the Population Bomb, Exec. Prod. Michael Schwartz. Buffalo Gap Television (1996)
A Whale of a Business, PBS Frontline (1997)
Understanding Cats, Starring Roger K. Tabor. Bowe–Tennant Productions (1997)
Kingdom of the Seahorse, PBS Nova/WGBH Boston (1997)
Manu: Peru’s Hidden Rain Forest, Written by Kim MacQuarrie and Alex Gregory. Warner Brothers (1997)
A Dog’s Life: The Language of Dogs (1998)
Just Choices: Exploring Social Justice Today, Just Choices (1998)
Monty Roberts: A Real Horse Whisperer, Dir. Marty Thomas. 20th Century Fox (1998)
Big Dogs, Little Dogs, Prod. Nancy Gimbrone. A&E Home Video (1998)
Training Your Parrot the Alex Way, Dir. Irene Pepperberg and Chris Davis (1998)
Possum’s Rest Bullfrog, Dir. Nick Hilligoss. Bullfrog Films (1998)
Shadow Wolves, Narr. Joseph Campanella. Ghadar & Associates (1998)
Varmints, Dir. Doug Hawes-Davis. High Plains Films (1998)
Beef Inc. Dir. Carmen Garcia. National Film Board of Canada (1999)
Benefits of Hippotherapy (1999)
Extraordinary Cats, Dir. Tom Simon. PBS (1999)
Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope, Dir. Emily Goldberg. KTCA-TV (1999)
Patterns of Abuse: Exploding the Cycle, Prod. Erik Friedl. Pyramid Media (1999) HASResource Film List Compiled by Margo DeMello Updated July 24, 2012 Page 4
Six Billion and Beyond, Dir. Linda Harrar. Linda Harrar Productions (1999)
The Cultured Ape, Dir. Brian Leith. BBC4 (1999)
The Significance of Salmon, Dir. Sharon Howard and Mike Rosen. Bullfrog Films (1999)
A Conversation with Koko, Dir. Nigel Cole. Questar (1999)
War Dogs: America’s Forgotten Heroes, Dir. William Bison. GRB Entertainment (1999)
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry, Dir. Carol L. Fleisher. Family Home Entertainment (1999) Wisdom of the Wild, Dir. Allison Argo. PBS Nature (1999)
Animals Behaving Badly, Prod. Ronnie Godeanu. PBS Nature (2000)
Clicker Magic, Starring Karen Pryor. Sunshine Books (2000)
Kids and Animals: A Healing Partnership, Dir. Michael Tobias. AxisGears (2000)
Motor (2000)
The Natural History of the Chicken, Dir. Mark Lewis. Devillier Donegan Enterprizes (2000)
The Urban Elephant, Dir. Nigel Cole/Allison Argo. PBS Nature (2000)
When Animals Talk, Exec. Prod. Rob Weller, Weller/Grossman Productions (2000)
Therapy Animals (2001)
El Caballo, Dir. Doug Hawes-Davis. High Plains Films (2001)
On Nature’s Terms: People and Predators Co-Existing in Harmony, Prod. John de Graaf. Earth Island Institute (2001)
Organ Farm, Exec. Prod. John Clare, Polly Bide, David Fanning, and Michael Sullivan. PBS (2001)
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Still Life with Animated Dogs, Dir. Paul Fierlinger. PBS (2001)
The Buffalo War, Dir. Matthew Testa. Bullfrog Films (2001)
The Man Who Walks With Bears, Dir. Tom Steward. Tremendous Entertainment (2001)
The Salmon Forest, Dir. Caroline Underwood. Bullfrog Films (2001)
Wolves (2001)
Winged Migration, Dir. Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud. Sony Pictures (2001)
Baked Alaska, Dir. Franny Armstrong. Bullfrog Films (2002)
Citizen Cane Toad, Dir. Mary Summerill. Animal Planet (2002)
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets, Dir. Steve Cowan. Bullfrog Films (2002)
Inside the Animal Mind, Dir. Nigel Cole. PBS Nature (2002)
Growing Up Well: Paws, Claws, Feathers, and Fins: A Kid’s Video Guide to Pets, Inspired Corporation (2002)
The Laboratory Rat: A Natural History, Dir. Manuel Berdoy and Paul Stewart (www.ratlife.org) (2002)
The Life of Mammals, Starring David Attenborough. BBC Warner (2002)
Journey of Life; Seas of Life, Dir. Miles Barton. BBC (2003)
Story of the Weeping Camel, Dir. Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni. Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (2003)
The Living Edens: Arctic Oasis, Written by Elizabeth Bowen and Alex Gregory. PBS Nature (2003)
Being Caribou, Dir. Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson. National Film Board of Canada (2004)
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Breaking the Cycle of Violence. The Latham Foundation (2004)
Dogs and More Dogs: The True Story of Man’s Best Friend, Narr. John Lithgow. WGBH Boston (2004)
Farming the Seas, Dir. Steve Cowan and Barr Schienberg. Bullfrog Films (2004)
Holy Cow, Dir. Harry Marshall. Questar (2004)
Oil on Ice, Dir. Dale Djerassi and Bo Boudart. Bullfrog Films (2004)
Gates of Heaven, Dir. Lucy Lee. Instinct Films (2004)
Shelter Dogs, Dir. Cynthia Wade, Red Hen Productions (2004)
Wolf: An Ancient Spirit Returns, Dir. Michael Rosen and Sharon Howard. Bullfrog Films (2004)
Coyote: America’s Top Dog, Dir. Larry Engel. Madacy Entertainment Groups (2005)
Europe: A Natural History, Exec. Prod. Walter Köhler and Michael Gunton. BBC Four (2005)
Grizzly Man, Dir. Werner Herzog, Lion’s Gate (2005)
Katrina’s Animal Rescue, Writer: Kim Woodard. PBS Nature (2005)
Living With Wolves, Featuring Jim and Jamie Dutcher. Discovery Channel (2005)
March of the Penguins, Dir. Luc Jacquet. Warner Independent Films (2005)
Our Daily Bread, Dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Film Fonds-Wien et al. (2005)
Tiger! Tracks: Tracking with the San of the Kalahari, Narr. Lauren Huton. Medacy Home Video (2005)
Wolves at Our Door, Dir. Jim Dutcher. Family Home Entertainment (2005)
American Prairie Reserve, Dir. Larry Engel. VideoTakes Inc. (2006)
An Inconvenient Truth, Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Participant Productions (2006) HASResource Film List Compiled by Margo DeMello Updated July 24, 2012 Page 7
Behind the Mask: The Story of the People who Risk Everything to Save Animals, Dir. Shannon Keith. Uncaged Films (2006)
Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History, Dir. Allison Argo. Quester (2006)
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Dir. Judith Irving. New Video (2006)
Planet Earth. Exec. Prod. Alastair Fothergill. BBC (2006)
Too Hot Not to Handle, Dir. Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Maryann DeLeo. HBO (2006)
Dogs that Changed the World, Narr. F. Murray Abraham. Questar (2007)
Saving Luna, Dir. Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit. Mountainside Films (2007)
The Chicken Stampede, Dir. Jose Bourgarel and Hubert Dubois. Filmakers Library (2007)
**The Keepers of Eden (2007)
Wolves in Paradise, Dir. William Campbell. Bullfrog Films (2007)
Milking the Rhino, Dir. David E. Simpson. Kartemquin Films (2008)
Beyond Violence: The Human–Animal Connection (n.d.)
For the Prevention of Cruelty (n.d.)
Animal Rights/Animal Welfare Films Share the World (n.d.) (www.sharetheworld.com)
The Diner (ND)
The Animals Film, Dir. Myriam Alaux and Victor Schonfeld. Beyond the Frame (1981) Tools for Research, Dir. Marie Carosello. Bullfrog Films (1983) Heart of the Dragon: Eating, Dir. David Kennard. Ash Films (1984)
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Food Without Fear, Vegan Society U.K. (1989)
Diet for a New America: Your Health, Your Planet, Starring John Robbins. Wellspring Media (1992) Victims of Indulgence, PETA (1991)
To Love or Kill: Man vs Animal, Dir. Antony Thomas. HBO (1995) Lethal Medicine, Co-Prod. Javier Burgos and Hoorik Davoudian. SUPRESS (1997)
A Day in the Life of a Massachusetts Slaughterhouse, PETA (1998)
A Cow at My Table, Dir. Jennifer Abbot. Flying Eye Productions (1998)
Stella McCartney’s Fur Farming Exposé, PETA (1998)
Wildlife for Sale: Dead or Alive, Dir. Italo Costa. Bullfrog Films (1998)
America’s Shame. Fur-Bearer Defenders (2000)
The Witness, Dir. Jenny Stein. Tribe of Heart (2000) Cull of the Wild: The Truth Behind Trapping, Prod. Camilla Fox. Animal Protection Institute (2002)
Life Behind Bars: The Sad Truth about Factory Farming, Farm Sanctuary (2002) A Diet for all Reasons, Starring Dr. Michael Klaper (2003)
Meet your Meat Collection, PETA (2003)
Earthlings, Dir. Shaun Monson. Nation Earth (2003) One Last Fight: Exposing the Shame, Dir. Erik Friedl (2004)
Wegmans Cruelty, Dir. Adam Durand (2004) Dolphins in Danger, International Dolphin Watch (2005)
Little Shop of Sorrows, Animal Protection Institute (2005)
Truth or Dairy, Vegan Society U.K. (2005) HASResource Film List Compiled by Margo DeMello Updated July 24, 2012 Page 9
Driving Pain: The State of Farmed Animal Transport in the U.S. and Across Our Borders, Animal Protection Institute/Compassion in World Farming (2005)
Wild at Heart (2005)
A Life Sentence: The Sad and Dangerous Realities of Exotic Animals in Entertainment, Animal Protection Institute (2006)
Dealing Dogs, Prod. Tom Simon and Sarah Teale. HBO (2006)
Making Waves for Seals, International Fund for Animal Welfare (2006)
Chew on This, PETA (2006)
45 Days: the Life and Death of a Broiler Chicken, Compassion Over Killing (2007) San Francisco: Still Wild at Heart. Dir. Melissa Peabody (2008)
The Animals’ Platform, Animals & Society Institute (rev. ed. 2008)
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home, Dir. Jenny Stein. Tribe of Heart (2009)
Death on a Factory Farm, Prod. Tom Simon and Sarah Teale. HBO (2009)
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