Episode 99: Mistress of the Apes (1979)
Mistress of the Apes (1979) tells the harrowing tale of Susan, an anthropologist who lost her pregnancy and learned of her husband’s murder in Congo Kenya in the same week. But she remained strong, without showing any visible signs of emotion whatsoever,
Screens of the Stone Age · Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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Show Notes
Mistress of the Apes (1979) tells the harrowing tale of Susan, an anthropologist who lost her pregnancy and learned of her husband’s murder in Congo Kenya in the same week. But she remained strong, without showing any visible signs of emotion whatsoever, until she learned to love again, in the arms of a Homo habilis her husband had discovered prior to his death (his murder was unrelated).
Content warning: this movie contains multiple scenes involving sexual assault.
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Watch Mistress of the Apes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o9bYwBLBiU
Homo habilis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_habilis
Australopithecus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus
Koko banga saka: https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&text=koko%20banga%20saka&op=translate
African Genesis (1961) by Robert Ardrey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Genesis
Congolian Rainforest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congolian_rainforests
Jimmy Kimmel – Can you name a country? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRh1zXFKC_o
Rick Mercer – Talking to Americans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUWas-yQSw
Timbits: https://company.timhortons.com/ca/en/menu/timbits.php
Writing systems: https://www.britannica.com/topic/writing/Types-of-writing-systems
Ape sign language was a bunch of babbling nonsense: https://bigthink.com/life/ape-sign-language/