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The Jennie Project (2001)

The Jennie Project poster
Directed by
Gary Nadeau
Genre
teen film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family takes in a chimpanzee named Jennie who communicates using sign language. The movie follows the bond that forms between the animal and the family members.

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What happens

The Jennie Project is a 2001 American drama film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie in the summer of 2001. The film was based on the book Jennie by Douglas Preston. The movie is about a chimpanzee who knows and uses American Sign Language to communicate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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