bbc 2 documentary about nim chimpsky, 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.
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.
