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The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Dr. Anne Innis Dagg re-traces the steps of her groundbreaking 1956 journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild. Now, at 85 years old, Anne sees a startling contrast between the world of giraffes she once knew and the one it has become. Weaving through the past and present, her harrowing journey gives us an intimate look into the factors that destroyed her career and the forces that brought her back.

Director

Alison Reid

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Box Office

$113,858

Production

Free Spirit Film and TV

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

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Young Anne: "August 2nd, 1956." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: "August 2nd, 1956."

Young Anne: "As we drove,
I could hardly believe - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: "As we drove, I could hardly believe

John: Anne, if you look with
your camera now, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

John: Anne, if you look with your camera now,

Young Anne: "August 25th, 1956." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: "August 25th, 1956."

John: Yes, that's right.
You know when they run, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

John: Yes, that's right. You know when they run,

Anne: Oh, dear. As you know, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Anne: Oh, dear. As you know,

Anne: It would be sad to be
a lonely male, no friends. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Anne: It would be sad to be a lonely male, no friends.

Anne: When I went to school, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Anne: When I went to school,

I'd asked my parents for
a book about the giraffe, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I'd asked my parents for a book about the giraffe,

When I got to
university, I thought, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

When I got to university, I thought,

When I was graduating, I knew
I wanted to go to Africa now - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

When I was graduating, I knew I wanted to go to Africa now

I was 23 and I'd been thinking
for 20 years about going, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I was 23 and I'd been thinking for 20 years about going...

Young man: "July 10th, 1956." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young man: "July 10th, 1956."

He... he played tennis
and I played tennis, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

He... he played tennis and I played tennis,

I said I was going to go to
Africa for the year and he said, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I said I was going to go to Africa for the year and he said,

Ian: "Dear Anne, it probably
is wise to follow advice - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Ian: "Dear Anne, it probably is wise to follow advice

I would write to
the wildlife department - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I would write to the wildlife department

I wrote to l.S.B. Leakey, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I wrote to l.S.B. Leakey,

He actually sent
me three different letters. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

He actually sent me three different letters.

And there just
wasn't really a place in Kenya - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And there just wasn't really a place in Kenya

Altogether, I'd have wrote 13
letters to wildlife departments - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Altogether, I'd have wrote 13 letters to wildlife depar...

All of them came back and said, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

All of them came back and said,

Then a man called Mr. Matthew,
who was manager of a ranch - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Then a man called Mr. Matthew, who was manager of a ranch

Mr. Matthew: "Dear miss innis, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Mr. Matthew: "Dear miss innis,

I sent him another letter
and said I just had to come. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I sent him another letter and said I just had to come.

Young Anne: July 25th, 1956, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: July 25th, 1956,

"It has oodles of deck space - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"It has oodles of deck space

"Li have been talking to an
African boy at great length - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"Li have been talking to an African boy at great length

"At least three
whites have come up to me - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"At least three whites have come up to me

"They say that I will soon
lose my idealism when we land - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"They say that I will soon lose my idealism when we lan...

"1 will write often - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"1 will write often

"I wish you were
coming too and were here now - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"I wish you were coming too and were here now

"Much love, Anne.” - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"Much love, Anne.”

"Please, promise me
that you will let me know - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"Please, promise me that you will let me know

"Li won't worry about you at all
if I know you will do that, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"Li won't worry about you at all if I know you wil...

"Li am now the proud owner of a
second-hand car called camelo, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"Li am now the proud owner of a second-hand car called ...

"It is a Ford
prefect, which cost £200." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"It is a Ford prefect, which cost £200."

I was driving 12
hours a day pretty well - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I was driving 12 hours a day pretty well

I remember, I came up
behind a truck full of workers - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I remember, I came up behind a truck full of workers

And I guess it's very
unusual to see a white woman - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And I guess it's very unusual to see a white woman

Young Anne: "I drove the last 80
miles to klaserie in the dark." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: "I drove the last 80 miles to klaserie in t...

"The road got
progressively worse - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"The road got progressively worse

"About 5 miles from the farm, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"About 5 miles from the farm,

"I put some clothes in my
knapsack, locked the car, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"I put some clothes in my knapsack, locked the car,

It was incredibly dark, so I
was inching along the highway, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

It was incredibly dark, so I was inching along the highway,

Snakes, which were
very deadly, were about, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Snakes, which were very deadly, were about,

All the time, I was thinking, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

All the time, I was thinking,

They said, "you must
be the Canadian girl." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

They said, "you must be the Canadian girl."

Young Anne: "My dear LAN, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: "My dear LAN,

"and she leaned down
and took a drink of water - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"and she leaned down and took a drink of water

I thought that
she would have fainted - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I thought that she would have fainted

They have very
efficient blood pressure - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

They have very efficient blood pressure

Anne: "Dear mommy, life here
is continuing as rosy as ever, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Anne: "Dear mommy, life here is continuing as rosy as e...

"My car is playing
an indispensable role - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"My car is playing an indispensable role

Were they resting, eating,
lying, drinking, walking around, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Were they resting, eating, lying, drinking, walking around,

So I remember one time I was
thinking, "this is so boring." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

So I remember one time I was thinking, "this is so bori...

So I got out at the side and
thought they weren't looking, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

So I got out at the side and thought they weren't looki...

One of the females then saw me - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

One of the females then saw me

You feel that
what they're doing after that, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

You feel that what they're doing after that,

The whole point of behaviour - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

The whole point of behaviour

So you would
never go and do anything - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

So you would never go and do anything

Young Anne: "Mr. Matthew has a
professional type movie camera - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: "Mr. Matthew has a professional type movie ...

"Dear mommy, this
morning I was out giraffing - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"Dear mommy, this morning I was out giraffing

Well, it sounds like you did - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Well, it sounds like you did

How did people react to
you as a woman alone like that? - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

How did people react to you as a woman alone like that?

Yeah, I never really thought
about it, that me being a woman, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Yeah, I never really thought about it, that me being a woman...

So I guess
I'm thankful to my mother - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

So I guess I'm thankful to my mother

Anne: Oh I think she was
completely freaked out, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Anne: Oh I think she was completely freaked out,

And my brothers and
sisters had all left home, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And my brothers and sisters had all left home,

They named a college for him
at the university of Toronto. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

They named a college for him at the university of Toronto.

He was interested in animals, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

He was interested in animals,

They made my mother Dean of
women at the university college. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

They made my mother Dean of women at the university college.

Well, I guess I
was closer to her - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Well, I guess I was closer to her

I've always wanted
to be just like her, really. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I've always wanted to be just like her, really.

So I wandered in and then I felt
self-conscious because I mean, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

So I wandered in and then I felt self-conscious because I me...

And then the secretary came out
and said, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And then the secretary came out and said,

Young Anne: "Right now I
am sitting by the borehole - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Young Anne: "Right now I am sitting by the borehole

And then he'd get
in the back and I'd say, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And then he'd get in the back and I'd say,

So I just thought, whenever they
were eating at a certain tree, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

So I just thought, whenever they were eating at a certain tr...

And a woman who studied
plants was able to tell me - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And a woman who studied plants was able to tell me

That's how you build
up how an animal lives. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

That's how you build up how an animal lives.

And no one had ever really
studied an African animal - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And no one had ever really studied an African animal

Each day I'd write down exactly
what I did that day, what I saw. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

Each day I'd write down exactly what I did that day, wh...

"9:13, three
standing, one feeding." - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

"9:13, three standing, one feeding."

We'd have dinner, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

We'd have dinner,

I was just so dead tired and
I was desperate to stay awake. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

I was just so dead tired and I was desperate to stay awake.

And then at five in the morning, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

And then at five in the morning,

It was super.
Exhausting but super. - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

It was super. Exhausting but super.

He made it possible for me.
Every single day, - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

He made it possible for me. Every single day,

He was just so kind, and I think
he really liked a young woman - The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

He was just so kind, and I think he really liked a young wom...

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Dr. Anne Innis Dagg re-traces the steps of her groundbreaking 1956 journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild. Now, at 85 years old, Anne sees a startling contrast between the world of giraffes she once knew and the one it has become. Weaving through the past and present, her harrowing journey gives us an intimate look into the factors that destroyed her career and the forces that brought her back.

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Director: Alison Reid

Writer: Alison Reid

Production: Free Spirit Film and TV

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 71/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $113,858

Released: 21 Mar 2019

Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination

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