The Family of Chimps (1984)

Original title

Chimps Onder Elkaar

Directed by

Bert Haanstra

Genre

documentary film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

55 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary studies the behavior of a family of chimpanzees living in a zoo. It observes their social interactions and daily routines.

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What happens

The Family of Chimps (Dutch: Chimps onder elkaar) is a 1984 Dutch documentary film directed by Bert Haanstra. The film is a study of the behaviour of a family of chimpanzees in Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem in the Netherlands. The documentary was inspired by the 1982 book Chimpansee politiek (Chimpanzee politics) by primatologist and ethologist Frans de Waal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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