The Animal People is a feature documentary that follows the journey of six young activists who find themselves indicted as terrorists by the United States government. The reason: their leadership of a controversial protest campaign aiming to close down the largest animal testing laboratory in the world. Featuring expansive interviews with the six activists spanning more than a decade, rare archival footage—including never-before-seen surveillance footage, wiretaps, and government documents—the film is a chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power.