KOKO: A TALKING GORILLA
A film by Barbet Schroeder
French Distribution • International Sales • Losange Production
KOKO: A TALKING GORILLA
A film by Barbet Schroeder
With
Koko, Penny Paterson, Carl Pribam, Saul Kitchener, Roger Fouts,
French Distribution • International Sales • Losange Production
Releases
French Release on 11-11-1978
Genre
a documentary
Synopsis
Koko is a 7-year-old gorilla. The San Francisco Zoo entrusted the animal to Penny Patterson, a psychology student, when it was young and she has since been teaching Koko American sign language. Koko now knows 350 words. One of humanity’s oldest dreams is coming true: an animal communicates with man…
