Lucy the Human Chimp

2021TV-1479 min7.5/10

As a student in 1970s Oklahoma, Janis Carter took a job caring for Lucy, a chimp raised as a human by psychologists Maurice and Jane Temerlin. But when Lucy reached adolescence, the Temerlins realized her size and strength made her too dangerous to cohabitate with humans and devised a plan to take Lucy to Gambia, where she would be taught to live in the wild. Planning to go along for just a few weeks to help Lucy acclimate, Janis ended up becoming the leader of Lucy’s small chimpanzee troupe and left behind her life in the U.S. forever.

Genres:Documentaries, Kids & Family

Director:Alex Parkinson

Production Country:United Kingdom

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Added to HBO Max:April 29, 2021