Cobby: The Other Side of Cute (2018)

Quality: HD

Genre:Documentary

Country: Australia, Canada, United States

Release Date: 06 Jun 2018

Staring: N/A

Director:Donna McRae, Michael Vale

Rating: 9.6 (IMDb)

Runtime: 85 min

Storyline:

Cobby: The Other Side of Cute (2018) 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 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.