Cobby: The Other Side of Cute

Cobby: The Other Side of Cute

2018 8.6 (0.0k) Age 15+

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.

Actors

Cobby, Donna McRae

Genres

Documentary,

Streaming On

 

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Countries (outside of the ZA)

Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States