Project Nim (12A)

Documentary about the extraordinary true story of a 1970s Manhattan family, who were invited to raise a chimpanzee baby as a human child, communicating with the animal using sign language and verbal instruction. The chimpanzee called Nim became a media sensation. However, the people involved in the project were blind to the consequences of their actions, stealing a chimpanzee infant away from its mother and starving it of contact with other primates.