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.
Dean Gomersall
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Samantha Berg
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John Jett
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John Hargrove
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Carol Ray
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Jeffrey Ventre
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Kim Ashdown
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Ken Balcomb
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Mark Simmons
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Thomas Tobin
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Kenneth Axel Carlsson
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 ...
j0ng
Great documentary. I had known about Orca attacks in captivity before watching it, but this film really drove home the point. Free Willy!...
badelf
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: "Huma...