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Koko: A Talking Gorilla is a french film of genre Documentary directed by Barbet Schroeder released in USA on 1 october 1978

Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978)

Koko: A Talking Gorilla
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Released in USA 1 october 1978
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginFrance
Rating72% 3.637213.637213.637213.637213.63721

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.

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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.

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