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Project Nim

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6.8/10 • 133

2011-07-081h 33m

Documentary

The world will be a different place once you've seen it through his eyes.

From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.

Directors
James Marsh
Editors
Jinx Godfrey

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  1. Bob Angelini

    Bob Angelini

    Lab Tech

  2. Bern Cohen

    Bern Cohen

    Dr. William Lemmon

  3. Reagan Leonard

    Reagan Leonard

    Stephanie LaFarge

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
love of animalswild animalchimpanzeelinguistics