Project Nim (2011)

Directed by

James Marsh

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 146 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky who was taught American Sign Language in a 1970s research project. The film traces Nim's life from his time with human families to his eventual struggles in research facilities and sanctuaries.

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What happens

Project Nim is a 2011 documentary film directed by James Marsh. It tells the life story of a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky, who was the center of a 1970s research project to determine whether a primate could learn to speak using American Sign Language. Project Nim draws from Elizabeth Hess' book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human (2008). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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