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A conversation with Koko [videorecording]

by Sheen, Martin; Brennan, Bonnie; Visty, Robert; Questar, Inc; Visty/Brennan Productions; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Gorilla Foundation.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chicago Questar 2004, c1999Edition: Standard format.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 1 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 1594640513.Other title: Title and subtitle on container: a conversation with Koko.Subject(s): Patterson, Francine | Koko (Gorilla) | Gorillas -- Psychology | Animal communication | Sign language | Videodiscs | Documentary television programs | Video recordings for children | DVD-Video discsNarrated by Martin Sheen.Summary: Documents Dr. Penny Patterson's nearly thirty-year relationship with Koko, a western lowland gorilla she taught to communicate with American Sign Language, and considers whether what Koko has learned will be passed to future generations of gorillas.
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Originally produced as an episode of the television program Nature in 1999. Includes "Helps save the gorillas" featurette.

Principal camera, Ronald H. Cohn ; edited by Beth Gallagher, Steve Vincent ; music composed by Laura Karpman.

Narrated by Martin Sheen.

Documents Dr. Penny Patterson's nearly thirty-year relationship with Koko, a western lowland gorilla she taught to communicate with American Sign Language, and considers whether what Koko has learned will be passed to future generations of gorillas.

5-8$b Follett Library Resources

DVD.