"Project Nim": 5th Yr Biology and 3M trip to see the documentary "Project Nim" in Gorey Cinema.
On Monday26th September, a group of 50 students went to see a documentary called "Project Nim", in Gorey Cinema.
It's 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 students really enjoyed the documentary.