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Jun 15, 2016 · Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People: Directed by Jonny Taylor. With Bertie Carvel, Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Gabriel, Koko. Documentary telling the extraordinary story of Koko, the only 'talking' gorilla in the world, and her lifelong relationship with Penny Patterson.
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- Jonny Taylor
- 2016-06-15
Hanabiko "Koko" (July 4, 1971 – June 19, 2018) was a female western lowland gorilla. Koko was born in San Francisco Zoo, and lived most of her life at The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The name "Hanabiko" (花火子), lit.
In 1971, graduate student Penny Patterson began teaching sign language to a gorilla named Koko. What started out as a scientific experiment evolved into an intimate friendship, which for almost half a century has challenged the way we think about animals and changed the course of many lives.
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Dec 4, 1979 · Koko: A Talking Gorilla: Directed by Barbet Schroeder. With Koko, Penny Patterson, Saul Kitchener, Carl Pribram. A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.
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- Barbet Schroeder
- 1979-12-04
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.
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French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder chronicles the life of Koko, an amazing female gorilla who is trained by Stanford University researcher Dr. Penny Patterson to communicate her feelings via...
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