Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:In The Vault Productions TVO
Rescuing Rex
Audience Score
DirectorLeora Eisen
WriterLeora Eisen
Watch on Amazon Prime Video1 hr 30 minDocumentary
Plot
Directed by awardwinning documentary filmmaker Leora Eisen TVO Original Rescuing Rex unearths provocative truths about a worldwide phenomenoninternational dog adoptions A new social movement driven by a desire to do good and fueled by irresistible puppy pics on Instagram many millennials are bypassing breeders in favour of adopting homeless dogs from around the world But what does this new trend mean for the animals their caregivers and society Told through the eyes of compelling human and canine characters this film takes us from the mountains of Taiwan to the tarmac at Torontos airport and from a rural kennel in Texas to an urban rooftop in Vancouver
