Oscar winning documentarian James Marsh (Man on Wire) tells the world’s saddest monkey tale in Project Nim which starts with the chimpanzee as the subject of a Columbia University project to see if a primate could actually learn language. But then.

Djo Tunda Wa Munga has made the first movie in the Republic of the Congo in 25 years. Host Stephen Schaefer sits down with the writer/director of the lurid film where prostitutes, a priest, lesbians, and sadistic killers mirror the local reality.

Bobby Fischer Against the World by documentarian Liz Garbus and partner Rory Kennedy kicks off HBO’s 2011 summer documentary series. Perhaps the greatest chess player ever, he became a cold war hero/villain, a fugitive, and arguably a madman as well.

Winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with In a Better World, Susanne Bier is one of Denmark’s most accomplished and popular filmmakers. The writer/director has also won audiences with Brothers and After the Wedding.