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What is Project Nim about?
Project Nim tells the fascinating and thought-provoking story of Nim,s a chimpanzee who was taken from his mother at birth and raised like a human child as part of groundbreaking experiment in the 1970s. The film follows Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, captureing his remarkable ability to learn and communicate through sign language, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way. But as Nim grows older and stronger, he begins to challenge the experiment's assumptions about the nature of humanity and animal behavior, raising profound questions about what it means to be human. With rare archival footage and intimate interviews, Project Nim offers a captivating and unforgettable biography of an animal we tried to make human.
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What movies are similar to Project Nim?
Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Project Nim include Tickled, Age of Champions, The Act of Killing, T-Rex, Salam Neighbor, Iris.
When was Project Nim released in theaters?
Project Nim was released in theaters on July 8, 2011.