The Singing Ape, Gibbon

The Singing Ape, Gibbon

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 25, 2017

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

긴팔인간

Production Companies

Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS)

Director

Choi Pyeong Soon

Budget

$200,000

Description

Humans belong to a group called anthropoids. Gibbons have the most human-like traits among the anthropoids. Gibbons are the only apes capable to sing like humans and communicate through their songs. This film documents an unprecedented attempt to investigate the musicality of multiple species of wild gibbons - siamang, the white-handed gibbon and the javan gibbon - surviving in the South-East Asians habitats. The story of endangered Asian Ape unfolds in this documentary with their songs in various situations.