Koko : the gorilla who talks / a BBC production with PBS ; producer, Bridget Appleby ; filmed and directed by Jonathan Taylor.



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Documentary. "Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container. Program content: ©2015. "BBC Earth"--Container. Running time indicated on container: approximately 60 minutes; actual running time: 56 minutes. Board of Film Censors, Singapore: Exempted. Film editor, Tom Dixon-Spain ; composer, Richard Spiller. Narrator, Demetri Goritsas ; featuring Koko, Penny Patterson ; commentators, Ron Cohn, Eugene Linden. In English with optional English subtitles.

Title
Koko : the gorilla who talks / a BBC production with PBS ; producer, Bridget Appleby ; filmed and directed by Jonathan Taylor.
Artist
Taylor, Jonathan (Film director), cinematographer, film director.
Subjects
Language
English
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
In 1971, graduate student Penny Patterson began teaching sign language to a gorilla named Koko, a scientific experiment that evolved into an intimate friendship lasting almost half a century and changed the course of human-animal communication.
Year
2016
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