Synopsis
From the 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.
Facts
Awards
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries, Sundance World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary
Filming location
New York City
Production
BBC Film, Passion Pictures
Original language
English
Trailer
Stills
Festival History
- Indiewire Critics' Poll 2011 generic
- National Board of Review 2011 generic
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2011 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 2011 generic
