Project Nim
Project Nim

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From the Oscar-winning 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 hu... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Project Nim:

Bob Angelini
Bern Cohen
Reagan Leonard
Scarlett Bermingham

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From the Oscar-winning 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.

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Salon.com - 10/10 by Andrew O'HehirA darkly hilarious social portrait of the bizarre alternate universe of 1970s academia and an extraordinary biography of a non-human individual, on whom all sorts of human desires and ideologies were projected.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews - 10/10 by Donald J. LevitAnimal activists should push for public awareness of 'Project Nim' and its sourcebook, Elizabeth Hess' 'Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human.'
Shadows on the Wall - 10/10 by Rich ClineFilmmaker Marsh follows up the amazing Man on Wire with another thoroughly gripping narrative documentary, this time telling the life story of a chimpanzee that was raised as a human.
New Orleans Times-Picayune - 10/10 by Mike ScottExtraordinarily engaging but surprisingly sobering.
FILMINK (Australia) - 10/10 by Erin FreeDriven by James Marsh's measured storytelling style, this ethically unsettling and emotionally compelling documentary is the equal of any cinematic epic.
NYC Movie Guru - 10/10 by Avi OfferYet another captivating, heartfelt, provocative and stylishly edited documentary from the brilliant James Marsh.
Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn astonishing documentary about a chimp raised as a human and the calamitous consequences.
Financial Times - 10/10 by Nigel AndrewsA documentary, stunningly watchable, about the 1970s American research team that explored the "educability" of a chimpanzee.
The Oklahoman - 9/10 by Brandy McDonnellAs Nim is heralded, befriended, sold, rescued, refuted, forgotten and more, his epic cautionary tale thoughtfully examines the inherent dangers of man trying to remake his fellow creatures in his own image.
Chicago Reader - 9/10 by Andrea GronvallSexual politics, family dynamics, the debate over heredity versus environment, and the dubious ethics of scientific research on animals are rigorously explored in this ambitious, bittersweet work.

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