The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (2018)

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.

Cast (3)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Tatiana Maslany

Young Anne (voice)

Victor Garber

Alex Matthew (voice)

A

Anne Innis Dagg

Herself

If you liked The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, you might also like…

95% match

S4: The Bob Lazar Story

2026

91% match

My Mom Jayne

2025

85% match

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

2008

81% match

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

2012

74% match

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

2023

76% match

A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough

2026

72% match

42 Up

1999

68% match

35 Up

1991

62% match

Strip Down, Rise Up

2021

60% match

Looking for Richard

1996

60% match

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025

60% match

Love, Marilyn

2013

60% match

Jane

2017

60% match

The September Issue

2009

60% match

Heart of a Dog

2015

60% match

Sidney

2022

60% match

I Am Heath Ledger

2017

60% match

Birth of the Living Dead

2013

60% match

ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

2019

60% match

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

2018

Similar films

South Africa: The White Laager

1977

City Slickers: A tale of two African penguins

2002

Africa Light / Gray Zone

2010

Nelson Mandela, Beyond the Myth

2019

I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope

2009

Black Pénélope

1991

Sathima's Windsong

2010

Penguins Under Siege

2004

The African Penguin

2009

Valley of a Thousand Hills

2016

Air Jaws Strikes Back

Life in Progress

2015