‘Crime or Rescue’ is an investigative documentary by Swiss filmmaker Rebecca Loviconi that chronicles the high-stakes world of ‘open rescues’ in the animal rights movement. The film focuses on prominent activist Wayne Hsiung and UK animal rescuer Rose Patterson as they risk prison time to liberate animals from breeding and research facilities.
FOR THE ANIMALS: ‘Crime or Rescue’ is a documentary that chronicles high-profile “open rescues” and the animal rights movement. The film follows follows radical animal activists who risk prison to rescue animals from testing facilities and factory farms. Rose Patterson, a UK rebel who breaks into animal testing facilities under cover of night, and Wayne Hsiung, an American lawyer fighting to establish a legal right to rescue.
Separated by an ocean and bound by court orders, they fall in love across borders — and eventually marry. As their legal battles mount and their missions grow more daring, one question becomes impossible to ignore: is it a crime, or a rescue?
The film prominently features efforts to save beagles from Ridglan Farms, a Dane County, Wisconsin breeding and research facility. It intertwines urgent moral debates regarding open rescue and animal rights with an intimate love story between two heavily targeted activists. The film is directed by Rébecca Loviconi, with cinematography by Abhi Anchliya and original music contributed by Moby. SOURCE
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