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This screening has reached its registration capacity.

Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to watch HBO Max’s Lucy the Human Chimp in our Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room, powered by Vision Media. A special pre-recorded conversation with writer/director Alex Parkinson, moderated by Jenn Wilson (Senior Programmer, Film Independent), is included as part of this screening experience.

Lucy the Human Chimp tells the profound story of Lucy Temerlin, a female chimpanzee raised as human from birth in a domestic environment, and Janis Carter, the woman who took on the seemingly impossible task of giving her a new life in the wild.

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 ultimately left behind her life in the U.S. forever. A gripping story of survival against the odds, Lucy the Human Chimp is a moving, first-person account of Janis’ life with Lucy – a remarkable, unbreakable friendship between species.

 
2021, 79 minutes, color | Written and Directed by Alex Parkinson | Starring Janis Carter, Lorna Nickson Brown, Peter Elliott, Jacinta Mulcahy, Alex Boyl | Produced by Bridget Appleby | Executive Produced by Matthew Cole, Sacha Mirzoeff, Casey Meure

Registration Information

All Film Independent Members can register for this online screening starting at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, April 28. | Registration is free; one registration per Membership. | Proof of Member status is required to complete registration.

Arts Circle and Film Lover Members are guaranteed access to this event; email membership@filmindependent.org for more information.

How to Watch

On the first day of screening availability, registered Members (and guests, when applicable) will be emailed a secure link by our partner Vision Media to watch this title in the Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room.

Online Screening Policies

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