HBO Max Boards ‘Lucy The Human Chimp’ HBO Max has boarded Keo Films’ Channel 4 feature documentary Lucy The Human Chimp, which recounts the story of a chimpanzee raised as a human and Janis Carter, the woman who took on the task of helping to give her freedom by living with her in the wild. Directed by Alex Parkinson, the film premieres this spring and uses previously unseen archive film and photographs, as well as dramatic reconstruction.