Project Nim

Cover for project NIM

This was a Documentary about something that i studied During my A-levels. this is a story about a monkey taken from birth to be taught by humans how to communicate via sign language. There were many problems with what they were doing. The biggest being that there was never any thought into the ethics of taking a baby chimp and what effects it would have on it. 

They had many problems along they way with changing of teachers and where he was taught and also him attacking his teachers as he got older this was obviously not the right environment for a chimp. on of my favorite things was when  NIM learnt that when he went to the toilet he didn't have to learn so he just kept signing that he needed to go. m After all of this NIM ended up in a animal testing unit where he was tested on before finally being bought by a family who were trying to 'save' him but just put him in solitude where he lived out the rest of his un happy days. 

So this documentary at the begging was very hard to follow there is no real explanation as to what you are seeing on screen so it takes a while to understand and catchup but once you do you can start to enjoy the documentary for what it is. One of the best things about this documentary is that they have found everyone who had key involvement with NIM and all the people that had made the decisions in his life. 

Another good thing was that you heard from all sides of the story and  not just ones side. All this along with the use of found all the found footage this makes a touching documentary that is both informative and great to watch.