Everyman
Brother Beast
1979 • E19 Nov 4, 1979 50m
In Lancashire a Christian minister buries a Jack Russell terrier with the full rites of the church. In Coventry a vicar holds a religious service for pets. Yet Christian tradition holds that animals have no souls, and therefore no rights. Everyman investigates the growing movement for animal rights, and asks: is our 'species-ism' (the assumption that humans are superior to other species) the product of our religious heritage?