Directed by Samantha Wishman, Christina Thomas • Documentary • 2022 • 70 minutes

FREE PUPPIES! tells the story of a chronically overlooked crisis that’s dogging the rural American South. Directors Samantha Wishman and Christina Thomas narrow their focus on Dade County in northwest Georgia, where an intrepid group of local women have stepped up to compensate for the lack of an operating animal shelter – rescuing countless dogs and taking matters into their own hands.

"Truly, truly inspiring in the most powerful sense of that word." —NPR’s “Talking Animals”