Behind the Mask of the ALF, For Rent

by Stephanie Ernst · 2008-12-29 17:45:00 +1030
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Quick note this morning: I received word yesterday that the documentary Behind the Mask is now available on Netflix. Go here for its Netflix page. Or if you search for the film, note that its full name is Behind the Mask: The Story of the People Who Risk Everything to Save Animals. If you've ever wondered what compels people to break the law (and locks) to rescue animals, or why some activists lay their freedom on the line and take the name of the Animal Liberation Front to save animals, here's your chance to find out. Rent it from Netflix, or buy it directly from the filmmaker.

See a preview below and scroll to the bottom of this post for info on the photo above (edit: I meant to mention this and forgot--yes, there is much footage of actual break-ins and property destruction in this preview, but in addition to explaining the reasons for this destruction of lab equipment and such, the film itself shows and discusses far more than what you see in this clip, including details of what happens to the animals and individual activists' stories and motivations):

The photo at the top of this post is of Britches, who was taken from his mother just after birth so that scientists could study maternal deprivation, and whose eyelids were sewn shut so that the researchers could study blindness. He was rescued by the Animal Liberation Front in 1985. Read more of his story here.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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