The Singing Ape, Gibbon

긴팔인간2017

If you see a forest and you don’t hear any gibbon, this is a dead forest.

Documentary

45m
October 25, 2017 · South Korea

Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 25, 2017
Original language: Korean
Spoken languages: English, Korean
Countries: South Korea
Production: Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS)
Budget: $200,000
Revenue: Not recorded