Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World (2024)
From homosexual penguins and sex-transitioning fish to pregnant male seahorses and sexually dominant female bonobos, thousands of species defy our expectations of gender and sexuality. Director Drew Denny takes the nature documentary to a whole new level in this eye-opening and entertaining expedition to the places David Attenborough overlooks, where giant duck penises and corkscrew vaginas take center stage. Debunking myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is somehow “unnatural,” Second Nature explores the 1500+ animal species that engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting, change sex, form matriarchies, and more.
Director: Drew Denny
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Elliot Page as Narrator (voice) |
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Joan Roughgarden as self |
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Patricia Brennan as self |
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Amy Parish as self |
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Joseph Graves as self |
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Frans de Waal as self |
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Marcela Benítez as self |
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River Suh as self |
| Production | Drew Denny | Producer |
| Directing | Drew Denny | Director |
| Writing | Drew Denny | Writer |
| Editing | Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Editor |
| Writing | Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Co-Writer |
| Production | Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Megan Ellison | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elliot Page | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Daymian Mejia | Colorist |
| Production | Jaclyn Moore | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Chanell Crichlow | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Bijan Sharifi | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Caitlin Craggs | Animation |
| Production | Caitlin Craggs | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Ino Yang Popper | Cinematography |
| Crew | Tijana Petrović | Cinematography |
| Crew | Keoni TeTawa Bowthorpe | Cinematography |
| Crew | Claire Pijman | Cinematography |
| Crew | Tani Ikeda | Cinematography |
| Production | Tani Ikeda | Associate Producer |
| Production | Matt Jordan Smith | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Nikki Bramley | Cinematography |
