Bad Faces: Red Cloud Remix

Bad Faces: Red Cloud Remix (2015)

We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
--Red Cloud

Koko Searches for the Right Word

Koko Searches for the Right Word (2016)

Famously, Koko felt quite sad in 1984 when her adopted kitten Ball was hit by a car and died. How do we know? Here is nonhuman primate grief mediated through language: In historical footage in the film, Patterson is seen asking Koko, "What happened to Ball?" In reply, Koko utters these signs in sequence: cat, cry, have-sorry, Koko-love. And then, after a pause, two more signs: unattention, visit me.

--Barbara J. King about Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks