Koko: A Talking Gorilla

1h 25m
Documentary
7

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

Cast

Penny Patterson
Herself
Koko
Herself
Saul Kitchener
Himself - Director Emeritus, San Francisco Zoo
Carl Pribram
Himself - Professor of Neuroscience
Roger Fouts
Himself

Crew

Barbet Schroeder
Director, Associate Producer
Denise de Casabianca
Editor
Dominique Auvray
Editor
Roselyne Petit
Assistant Editor
Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
George Paul Csicsery
Assistant Director
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Dale Djerassi
Associate Producer
Leslie Otis
Camera Operator
Ned Burgess
Assistant Camera
Lee Alexander
Sound
Jonathan Liebling
Foley Artist
Guta Cattoni
Original Music Composer
Maris Embiricos
Original Music Composer
Hal Trussell
Gaffer

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