Blackfish
Never capture what you can't control.
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
- 7.8
- 2013
- Released
- 1h 23m
Dean Gomersall
SelfSamantha Berg
SelfJohn Jett
SelfJohn Hargrove
SelfCarol Ray
SelfJeffrey Ventre
SelfKim Ashdown
Self
Ken Balcomb
Self
Mark Simmons
SelfThomas Tobin
SelfDave Duffus
SelfEstefania Rodriguez
SelfMercedes Martinez
SelfJohn Crowe
SelfHoward Garrett
SelfEric Walters
SelfSteve Huxter
SelfChristopher Porter
SelfCorinne Cowell
SelfNadien Kallen
SelfSuzanne Allee
SelfLori Marino
SelfDiane Brancheau
SelfDawn Brancheau
SelfJohn Sillick
SelfTamarie Tollison
SelfAlexis Martinez
SelfKeltie Byrne
Self
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Anderson Cooper
Self
James Earl Jones
Self (archive footage)
Released
en
$2,063,312.00
- #whale
- #trauma
- #controversy
- #psychological thriller
- #nature
- #killer whale
- #sea world
- #animal trainer
- #woman director
- #tenerife
- #deprivation
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The dark side of Free Willy. Lately (mid-2023), there have been Orca attacks on boats in the Med. My theory is this: The Orcas are highly intelligent and have a fantastic communication system. The few who eventually were freed from SeaWorld got the word out to all the other Orcas in the world: "Humans are fucking assholes! Kill the humans!"
Great documentary. I had known about Orca attacks in captivity before watching it, but this film really drove home the point. Free Willy!
This is a documentary about how humans keep orcas (killer whales) as pets to entertain at places such as SeaWorld. It is centered around one vicious attack by a killer whale named Tilikum, but actually takes us around the world as well as into the past. This is not the first attack on trainers, and if the movie is to be believed, probably not the last one, unless measures are being taken to preven