Following his Oscar-winning Man on Wire, director James Marsh turns to another iconographic story rooted in 1970s New York. “Nim Chimpsky” was the chimpanzee subject of a Columbia University experiment led by psychologist Herbert Terrace that sought to discover how much chimps and humans could communicate through sign language. Marsh does a masterful job of interviewing a vast array of people in Nim’s life and exposing what took place behind the scenes. The twists of Nim’s journey evoke a gamut of emotions for both him and us. Courtesy of HBO Documentary Films and Roadside Attractions.
In person: film subject Jenny Lee (whose family raised Nim for a period); and film critic David D’Arcy.
- Section of Festival:
- Short List
- Director:
- James Marsh
- Producer:
- Simon Chinn
- Cinematographer:
- Michael Simmonds
- Editor:
- Jinx Godfrey
- Music:
- Dickon Hinchliffe
- Running Time:
- 93 min.
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Official Site:
- http://www.project-nim.com/
- Official Trailer:
