Documentary Review
Science meets romance in exceptional Jane Goodall documentary
Filled with never-before-seen footage, 'Jane' provides an intimate look at the fascinating life of the world's foremost chimpanzee expert
Conservationist Jane Goodall is the "ultimate rock star" says Brett Morgen, who has made documentaries about rebel icons like The Rolling Stones and Kurt Cobain.
His award-winning documentary, Jane, shows fresh footage from Goodall's first expeditions to study chimpanzees in the wild, giving an intimate view into her personal life and her interaction with the chimps.
It's astonishing raw footage: following this athletic researcher into the forest where she studies the chimps alone and, in time, interacts closely with them.
"On the surface she is quite different to Mick Jagger and Kurt Cobain," Morgen says. "But all three are united in living outside of societal norms by their own rules."
This film gives the viewer a unique opportunity to see the young Goodall watching chimps in Gombe forest in Tanzania in the late '50s and early '60s, falling in love, having a son nicknamed Grub, and ultimately returning to her true love: conservation...
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