Truth, Golden Rules, and the Bonobo Handshake

Nat's professor, Doris, seduces him and announces that she's a bonobo. Over the next two years, Nat explores whether to become one, too.

Filled with sex, humor, and philosophical musing, Bonobo presents people struggling to find the balance between settling and seeking, flatlining and fireworks, 'porn' and drama.

In Tucson, Dale and other anthropology students create a utopian movement emulating bonobos--the peaceful, promiscuous, and matriarchal ape. It devolves into Bonobo (R), an island resort...