Name: Jane
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-12-28
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jane Goodall, Hugo van Lawick, Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick

2017·Documentary·1h 30m

7.2

★

Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.

Directed by Brett Morgen

africa

chimpanzee

biography

nature

archive footage

primatologist

observation

jane goodall

female scientist

wildlife photographer

conservationist

animal behaviour

animal intelligence

Trailer

IMDB

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Where to Watch

Cast

Jane Goodall

Self

Hugo van Lawick

Self (archive footage)

Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Brett Morgen

Director

Brett Morgen

Writer

Philip Glass

Original Music Composer

Ellen Kuras

Director of Photography

Tim Pastore

Executive Producer

Bryan Burk

Producer

Brett Morgen

Producer

Debra Eisenstadt

Co-Executive Producer

Erica Tavera

Editorial Staff

David E. Fluhr

Sound Mixer

Chris Navarro

ADR Editor

Hugo van Lawick

Archival Footage Research

Popular Reviews

57 reviews

taydeangeloPRO

10.0★ · 03/04/26

she’ll always be so important

cata pinciroli

8.0★ · 11/18/25

This highly developed intellect means surely, that we have a responsibility towards the other life forms of our planet, whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavios of our own human species.

WOW

Kubilay

jane, you’ll never know how much i loved you.
rest easy among the trees you once listened to.
always my idol. always my light.

josie

8.0★ · 10/06/25

boy did i cry

Olivia Loschi

8.0★ · 10/04/25

The death of Jane is the first celebrity dying to actually wreck me