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Maximum Tolerated Dose – A Documentary About Animal Research

by Jennie Richards · Published February 18, 2019 · Updated September 23, 2024

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“A look inside modern animal experimentation with the animals who lived through it and the people who walked away.”

“Maximum Tolerated Dose” is the first feature-length documentary by Decipher Films. Equal parts found-footage mash-up, laboratory investigations, and artful meditation, the film charts the lives of both humans and non-humans who have experienced animal testing first-hand, with hauntingly honest testimony of scientists and lab technicians whose ethics demanded they choose a different path, as well as the simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of animals who have seen both sides of the cage. Maximum Tolerated Dose aims to reignite the debate about animal testing by bringing these rarely-heard perspectives to the fore.” (Source: Maximum Tolerated Dose)

Ways to Watch the Film

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The digital download of Maximum Tolerated Dose includes the full documentary, uncut in HD; Interview on Animal Voices radio show with Directory Karol Orzechowski and host Dr. Lauren Corman; PDF booklet containing “The Word,” an exclusive essay by Dr. Corman, as well as the “MTD User Guide,” a scene-by-scene breakdown of the film.

Subtitles are currently available in Polish, Czech, German, Russian, Finnish and Italian.

Watch on Chromecast, Apple TV, Roku, a smartphone, iPhone or iPad using VHX

Quotes from the Film

“When monkeys get stressed, they will stop breathing. We often had monkeys go into respiratory arrest. It happened regularly.”

“You need constant monitoring of the animal, because they stop “like that.” One second they are breathing, and the next second – that’s it.”

“I would say the anti-cancer studies were the hardest on the animals. The tests had more side effects.”

“The “Maximum Tolerated Dose” studies were where, they know that the product works …. Where they aren’t sure how high the concentration can be to be safe, so they test until we have a fatality or a near fatality.”

“I see the repercussions all of this has on the chimpanzees.”

“I thought it was better that the animals die than stay there in this laboratory. I told myself that would be freedom for them.”