Koko, a talking gorilla

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Koko, a talking gorilla

Also Known As: Talking gorilla / Koko, le gorille qui parle

Description

Koko, a six-year-old gorilla, is the subject of a controversial Stanford University research project conducted by Penny Patterson. A perceptive simian who communicates with humans via sign language, Koko knows more than 300 signs and can combine them to make new hybrid descriptions. Director Schroeder and cinematographer Almendros present a visual argument exposing the contradictions that arise when scientific experiments are used to graph human behavior onto animals

Subject

Psychology / Gorilla / Human-animal communication / Koko (Gorilla) / Sign language / Chimpanzees

Details

Cast Features: Koko / Penny Patterson / Carl Pribram / Saul Kitchener / Roger Fouts

Credits

Barbet Schroeder / Dale Djerassi / Nestor Almendros / Ned Burgess / Denise de Casabianca / Dominique Auvray / Margaret Menegoz / George Paul Csicsery / Francine Patterson

Janus Films / Films du losange (Firm) / Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)

Part of Series Criterion collection ;

Published [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2006

Language English

Subtitle Alternate French-language audio track with optional English subtitles ; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard hearing

Format 1 videodisc (80 min.)

Runtime 80 mins

Location

K 798 1978 MOVIE C.1

TCDC Chiang Mai - Multimedia Collection

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