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Project Nim
Documentary about Nim Chimpsky, the chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark experiment in the 1970s, which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language.
Documentary about Nim Chimpsky, 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.
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Tue 21 Jan 2014
01:50
BBC Films: Project Nim Trailer
This is 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. Watch the trail.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | James Marsh |
| Writer | James Marsh |
| Producer | Simon Chinn |
| Author | Elizabeth Hess |
