Project Nim (Project Nim)
Directed by: James MarshCast list:
Country: United Kingdom, USA
Year: 2011
Genres: Documentary /
Runtime: 93 min.
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Nim was 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. This documentary follows Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way. The film is the biography of an animal we tried to make human.
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Subjects: English language / Natural Science / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Philosophy and History of Philosophy /
Topics: education in human values / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
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