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French director Barbet Schroeder's documentary focuses on Koko, a gorilla trained by scientists at Stanford University to communicate using American Sign Language. Far from animal-rights propaganda, this film asks penetrating questions about the nature of these experiments. Is Koko simply being brainwashed? Is she actually thinking with language or simply repeating learned behaviors? A thought-provoking and sobering statement on current relations between mankind, his closest relatives, and nature as a whole.
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| Also Known As: |
Koko, a Talking Gorilla
Koko, the Talking Gorilla
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Released |
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Art/Foreign and Documentary |
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1 hr. 22 min. |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| Distributors: |
New Yorker Films
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| Production Co.: |
Films du Losange, Les Films du Losange
Institut National de l Audiovisuel (INA)
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| Produced in: |
France |
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