(Non)-Human Person

With the slogan "Not all people are necessarily human", the documentary 'Persona (no) humana' takes us to two zoos located in Argentina, where we find Sandra and Cecilia, two great apes who live in confinement and are exhibited to the public in terrible living conditions. An Spanish NGO decides to do something about it and contacts a group of lawyers, with the aim of getting recognition of the following three fundamental rights of animals: the right to life, the right to liberty and the right to freedom from torture. However, some people will oppose it, as is the case with the zoo managers, who are linked to animal trafficking mafias and are afraid of losing the economic benefits they obtain at the expense of the animals. For her part, a photojournalist named Candela is focusing on staring an investigation to gather enough arguments and scientific evidence, both biological and evolutionary, to prove the similarities that exist between humans and the orangutan Sandra and the chimpanzee Cecilia, which could change the way we consider animals forever.

Alejandro Cuéllar and Rafa G. Sánchez are the directors and screenwriters behind the documentary 'Persona (no) humana' and they have both previously worked together, but never in a project of this size.

• Documentary
• Suspense