Isabella Rossellini & Diana Reiss + Sharon Van Etten

Filmmaker and actress Isabella Rossellini describes the night she went to see Temple Grandin speak at Hunter College, and ended up enrolling in graduate school to study animal behavior at the age of 60. Isabella’s friend and professor Dr. Diana Reiss speaks about her research work with animals, and the importance of seeing them not just as species, but as individuals. Rock star Sharon Van Etten explains why this project meant the world to her, and performs a new song titled "for Isabella."

Chapters:

09:30

Isabella Rossellini describes how Darwin decoded animal intelligence using photography

24:11

Dr. Diana Reiss tells a story about a dolphin who turned her training methods back on her

38:39

Sharon Van Etten speaks about the catharsis of writing about intensity and darkness

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