Everything you didn’t learn in high school biology.
Did you know that clownfish change sex from male to female? (So if Nemo’s mom had died in real life, his dad would have become his mom!) Did you know that albatross, penguins and swans parent in same sex pairs? Or that bonobos, who are just as closely related to us as chimps, are matriarchal and have same-sex sex every day?!
Debunking myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is “unnatural,” Second Nature follows trailblazing trans Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden as she meets other groundbreaking scientists exploring the 1500+ animal species who engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting, change sex, form matriarchies, and more…
Second Nature — everything you didn’t learn in high school biology.
Cast
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Elliot Page
Narrator
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Dr. Joan Roughgarden
Evolutionary Biologist
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Dr. Patricia Brennan
Evolutionary Biologist
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Dr. Amy Parish
Primatologist, Anthropologist
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Dr. Joseph Graves
Evolutionary Biologist
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Dr. Frans de Waal
Primatologist, Anthropologist
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Dr Marcela Benítez
Primatologist
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River Suh
High School Science Teacher
Crew
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Drew Denny
Director, Writer, Producer
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Jennifer Steinman-Sternin
Editor, Co-Writer, Co-Producer
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Megan Ellison
Executive Producer
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Elliot Page
Executive Producer
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Matt Jordan Smith
Executive Producer
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Nikki Bramley
Cinematographer
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Claire Pijman
Cinematographer
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Tani Ikeda
Cinematographer, Associate Producer
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Keoni Bowthorpe
Cinematographer
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Tijana Petrović
Cinematographer
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Ino Yang Popper
Cinematographer
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Caitlin Craggs
Animator, Associate Producer
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Chanell Crichlow
Composer
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Bijan Sharifi
Sound Designer
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Daymian Mejia
Colorist
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Jaclyn Moore
Associate Producer
Press
AdvocateElliot Page is narrating Second Nature, a documentary about gay animals
Pink News‘Many waterfowl are very gay’: Elliot Page set to narrate LGBTQ+ animal documentary Second Nature
FramelineSecond Nature is Awarded Frameline Completion Funds Grant, 2024
SundanceSecond Nature Wins Sundance Documentary Fund Grant, 2022