National Geographic Limited Cinema Screenings

Rebecca Varidel
25th Jan 2018

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AUSTRALIA LIMITED CINEMA SCREENINGS FOR BRETT MORGEN’S JANE

A loving portrait of captivating, unseen footage shedding fresh light on conservation icon Jane Goodall and her ground-breaking chimpanzee research.

“At the time I wanted to do things which men did and women didn’t.” – Jane Goodall

National Geographic announced today that highly anticipated feature documentary Jane will play in select Australian cinemas for a limited season in February, ahead of its global TV premiere on National Geographic in 171 countries, including on National Geographic Australia from March 11th @ 7.30pm AEDT.

Following its Premiere Screening in Sydney at St George OpenAir Cinema this month, Jane will enjoy limited national screenings at Event Cinemas, Village Cinemas and ACMI from Thursday February 1st.

The film, from Oscar®-and Emmy®-nominated director Brett Morgen (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, The Kid Stays in the Picture) uses a trove of 16mm footage to tell the story of Jane Goodall, a young untrained woman whose chimpanzee research challenged the male-dominated scientific consensus of her time and revolutionised our understanding of the natural world.

Described by The Wall Street Journal as “the leading revolutionary of American documentary film”, Morgen tells the story by drawing from over 100 hours of unseen footage filmed by Hugo van Lawick, a National Geographic filmmaker who would fall in love and eventually marry Goodall, as well as research footage from the Jane Goodall Institute, Goodall family videos and personal commentary, Jane offers an unprecedented, intimate portrait of the trailblazer who defied the odds to become one of the world’s most admired conservationists.

“The film is very much a love story, except the love is not between man and woman,” Morgen says. “The love is between a woman and her work and a man and his work. Most people have this romantic idea that the most important relationship in life is with your partner, your lover, your spouse, but for a lot of driven people, their primary relationship is with their work.”

Set to a rich orchestral score from world-renowned composer Philip Glass, the film enjoyed its world premiere at 2017’s Toronto Film Festival, US premiere at New York Film Festival and European Premiere at BFI London Film Festival. It has been lauded by critics internationally;

Event Cinemas (18 locations from Feb 1st)

Village Cinemas (6 Locations from Feb 1st)

ACMI (paid preview 24 Jan then season from Feb 1st)

Sunday 11 March @ 7.30pm AEDT on National Geographic Australia