Temple Grandin (film)

Temple Grandin is a 2010 biopic directed by Mick Jackson and starring Claire Danes as Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who revolutionized practices for the humane handling of livestock on cattle ranches and slaughterhouses.

As a teenager, Temple travels to her aunt OHara and uncles ranch to work. She observes cows being placed into a squeeze chute to calm them, and during an anxiety attack uses the chute to calm herself. Inspired by her teacher, Dr. Carlock Strathairn to pursue science, she is admitted to college where she develops an early version of the squeeze machine to calm her during stressful times. Her college misinterprets the use of the machine as a sexual act and forces her to remove it. In response, she develops a scientific protocol to test subjects reactions to the machine, proving it to be a purely therapeutic device. Grandin graduates with a degree in psychology and pursues a masters degree in animal science.Temple faces sexism while attempting to integrate into the world of cattle ranching, but ultimately designs a new dip structure designed to allow cattle to voluntarily move through rather than being forced. Ranch hands, not understanding her design, alter it resulting in the drowning of a number of cows, but Grandin is able to reverse their changes and the design works as intended. ........

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