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Redemption Impossible

40 chimps, 4 women and the big challenges of our civilization: guilt, responsibility and redemption

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Overview

Picture a life in a box measuring just six square metres, without daylight or contact to fellow members of the species. For years forty chimpanzees from Sierra Leone were used illegally in experiments aimed at developing Aids and hepatitis vaccines. After fifteen years, the Austrian pharmaceutical company Immuno abandon these tests as inconclusive, and a resocialisation project for these infected primates begins.

Keywords

experiment
chimp
chimpanzee
rehabilitation

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 21, 2013
Original language: English
Spoken languages: German, English
Countries: Germany, Austria
Production: WDR
Director: Claus Strigel
Writer: Claus Strigel
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt2323854