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Cobby: The Other Side of Cute

(Cobby: The Other Side of Cute)
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Original Title : Cobby: The Other Side of Cute
Time : 85 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2018
Director : Donna McRae, Michael Vale
Writer : Donna McRae, Michael Vale, Uri Mizrahi
Producer : Donna McRae
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : Australia
Original Language : English
About : This documentary explores Cobby's Hobbies, a 1960's childrens TV program featuring Cobby, a chimpanzee which becomes the catalyst for the film. We meet people that made the show, zoo friends, zoo keepers and animal rights activists that ...See moreThis documentary explores Cobby's Hobbies, a 1960's childrens TV program featuring Cobby, a chimpanzee which becomes the catalyst for the film. We meet people that made the show, zoo friends, zoo keepers and animal rights activists that piece together a story of an animal that was stolen from his natural habitat to work on TV before being retired into the San Francisco zoo at age 7. Cobby had it lucky - most chimps in entertainment suffered horrifically, becoming research animals or caged in roadside zoos. This documentary examines how we perceive animals in entertainment and how we address their plight now. See less Read more: Plot summary

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