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Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 1 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the development of a gorilla named Koko, whose learning of American Sign Language and understanding of spoken English, working with Dr. Penny Patterson, gives new meaning to the ideas of animal intelligence and interspecies communication.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
3) Congo
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An expedition to return a gorilla to Africa and find the Lost City of Zinj and its diamond mines encounters a variety of dangers.
4) Great apes
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Details the work of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Adrian De Shriver with gorillas and chimpanzees.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chimpanzees of Uganda: Colin Chapman follows endangered chimps and monkeys in the forests of Uganda's Kibale National Park. Costa Rican monkeys: Dr. Linda Fedigan has spent two decades studying the monkeys at Costa Rica's Santa Rosa wildlife factory. Orangutans: Dr. Birute Galdikas rescues orphaned apes in the jungles of Borneo. Gorillas: Dr. Pascale Sicotte fights to save Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mighty Joe Young is a 15-foot African gorilla. His best friend and protector is Jill Young. Against her better judgment, Jill allows Joe to be brought to the States as a nightclub attraction. He later breaks loose and goes on a rampage.
7) Tarzan
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special edition ; widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Raised by gorillas, Tarzan has made the jungle his home and the animals his friends. But with the appearance of humans, the only world Tarzan has ever known and the one in which he belongs are about to become one.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
Mystery gorillas: Join primatologist Mireya Mayor at the heart of the jungle to explore the great apes' secret world.
Search for the great apes: Join Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas to better understand the mountain gorilla and the elusive orangutan.
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