Maximum Tolerated Dose is the first feature-length documentary by Decipher Films. Equal parts found-footage mash-up, verité investigation, 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. MTD aims to re-ignite the debate about animal testing by bringing these rarely-heard perspectives to the fore.
Lynda Birke, co-author of "The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals And People", discusses a wide variety of themes from the book in this extended interview.
Dr. John Pippin, former research cardiologist discusses his journey through the animal experimentation complex, and his eventual abandonment of the practice, in this extended interview.
A U.S. Department of Defense film from 1953, now in the public domain: ANIMALS IN ROCKET FLIGHT shows the effects of rocket travel on monkeys and mice through aeromedical experiments. Many clips from this archival footage were used in Maximum Tolerated Dose