Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Koko, le gorille qui parle (original)
In 1977, acclaimed director Barbet Schroeder and cinematographer Nestor Almendros entered the universe of the world’s most famous primate to create the captivating documentary KOKO: A TALKING GORILLA. 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. An entertaining, troubling, and still relevant documentary, KOKO: A TALKING GORILLA sheds light on the ongoing ethical and philosophical debates over the individual rights of animals and brings us face-to-face with an amazing gorilla caught in the middle.
Starring Penny Patterson, Koko, Saul Kitchener, Carl Pribram, Roger Fouts
Watch "Koko: A Talking Gorilla" on Criterion Channel released in 1978. It's a documentary and drama movie, and has a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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