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Rescuing Rex (2020)
Directed by Leora Eisen
“They're homeless. They're nameless. Now a new generation is coming to their rescue.”
Documentary · 1h 30m
Directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Leora Eisen, TVO Original Rescuing Rex unearths provocative truths about a world-wide phenomenon—international dog adoptions. A new social movement driven by a desire to do good, and fueled by irresistible puppy pics on Instagram, many millennials are bypassing breeders in favour of adopting homeless dogs from around the world. But what does this new trend mean for the animals, their caregivers and society? Told through the eyes of compelling human and canine characters, this film takes us from the mountains of Taiwan to the tarmac at Toronto’s airport, and from a rural kennel in Texas to an urban rooftop in Vancouver.
Crew
- Director
- Leora Eisen
- Writer
- Leora Eisen
- Director of Photography
- Luke Cameron, Michael Grippo
- Editor
- Michael Hannan
- Producer
- Leora Eisen, Jackie Carlos
Details
- Release date
- 2020-05-30
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- In The Vault Productions, TVO