Prairie dogs have a word for “human.” They talk about us in a language with nouns, adjectives, and variable dialects — even though, to most of us, their words sound like unintelligible squeaks.
I learned that delightful fact at the last-ever film screening by NHDocs, from a vegan advocacy film about what it means to be human in a world of other animals.
After 10 years of hosting local documentary film festivals, NHDocs held its final gathering Wednesday at the Cannon pub on Dwight Street, collaborating with the vegan festival Compassionfest to show animal rights activist Mark Devries’ movie Humans and Other Animals. The screening was followed by a Q‑and‑A with Devries himself.
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