Project Nim
Country: Great Britain, USA
Director: James Marsh
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 93 min.
Age: 16+
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
Awards & Festivals:
Sundance Folm Festival - Best Documentary Director of Foreign Films
Newport Beach International Film Festival - Best Documentary
Boston Society of Film Critics Award - Best Documentary
Directors Guild of America Award - Best Documentary Director
Florida Film Critics Circle Award - Best Documentary
San Diego Film Critics Society Award - Best Documentary
National Board of Review Award - Best Documentary
BAFTA Award - nominated for Best Documentary
BIFA Award - nominated for Best Documentary
Chicago Film Critics Association Award - nominated for Best Documentary
Satellite Award - nominated for Best Documentary
