Koko: A Talking Gorilla

About Koko: A Talking Gorilla

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978) is a documentary film directed by Barbet Schroeder. Penny Patterson appears as Herself, Koko as Herself, Saul Kitchener as Himself - Director Emeritus, San Francisco Zoo, and Carl Pribram as Himself - Professor of Neuroscience.

Released in October 1978, it runs 85 minutes.

Members will find zoo, sign languages, gorilla, and animal human friendship in it. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes make useful companions to Koko: A Talking Gorilla.