Koko, le gorille qui parle (1978)

Directors

Barbet Schroeder

Cast

Penny Patterson, Roger Fouts, Carl Pribram, Saul Kitchener

The story

The film introduces Koko soon after she was brought from the San Francisco Zoo to Stanford University by Francine Patterson for a controversial experiment. She would be taught American Sign Language. Director Schroeder dove into the widely discussed debate about animal rights, and whether they should be treated as individuals.

Genres

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