Cobby: The Other Side of Cute

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2018

Documentary

1 hour 25 minutes

Summary

Cobby's Hobbies was a 1960's children's TV program featuring a chimpanzee getting hmself into all sorts of mischief. For filmmaker Donna McRae, the show was a crucial part of getting through a lonely childhood. McRae seeks people that made the show, Cobby's zoo friends, zoo keepers and the animal rights activists that help her piece together the story of an animal stolen from his natural habitat to work on TV before, being retired into the San Francisco Zoo at age 7. Most primates 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.

~ Cuteness has a use-by date.
Michael Vale

Director

Donna McRae

Director

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StatusReleased: 7 years ago
June 6, 2018

LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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