Jane
USA2017documentary90'Docs+science (2018)
"Jane", retrieved from the National Geographic archives and including materials that have never been published, is a story of an incredible researcher, Jane Goodall, who spent her entire life among chimpanzees. Thanks to her pioneering research in the 1960s, science gained a new insight into the world of nature while hundreds of young, ambitious women – a model to emulate. Brett Morgen (who made, among others, "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" awarded in Cracow) portrays a woman whose private life was closely tied to her research passion.
- directed by
- Brett Morgen
Director, screenwriter and producer who has also been dubbed the ‘mad scientist’ of the documentary film. In 1992 he earned his BA in Mythology and US History from Hampshire College and in 1999 – MFA in Film from New York University. His graduation film On the Ropes (1999) obtained an Oscar nomination in 2000. His consecutive pictures, including The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002), Chicago 10 (2007) and Crossfire Hurricane (2012), have been screened and awarded internationally. He produces television series and programmes (e.g. Nimrod Nation) as well as advertisements.
- cinematography
- Ellen Kuras
- script
- Brett Morgan
- animated by
- Stefan Nadelman
- music
- Philip Glass
- editing
- Joe Beshenkovsky
- production
- Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, Tim Pastore, Jeff Hasler (National Geographic Studios, Public Road Productions)
- Photo
