Koko: A Talking Gorilla

Koko: A Talking Gorilla
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Directed by	Barbet Schroeder
Produced by	Dale Djerassi Barbet Schroeder
Starring	Koko Francine Patterson
Cinematography	Néstor Almendros
Edited by	Denise De Casabianca Dominique Auvray
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange The Criterion Collection
Release dates	October 1978
Running time	80 minutes
Country	France
Language	English French

Koko: A Talking Gorilla (French: Koko, le gorille qui parle) is a 1978 documentary directed by Barbet Schroeder that focuses on Dr. Francine 'Penny' Patterson and her work with Koko, the gorilla Patterson claims to have taught to communicate with humans using symbols taken from American Sign Language. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Sypnosis

The film introduces us to Koko soon after she was brought from the San Francisco Zoo to Stanford University by Dr. Penny Patterson for a controversial experiment—she would be taught the basics of human communication through American Sign Language.

References

External links

• Koko, le gorille qui parle at the Internet Movie Database
• Collection entry