Blackfish
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Blackfish
[ Madman / DVD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 March 2014
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M Content may disturb
Never capture what you can't control.
On February 24, 2010, police were called to a marine park in Florida after a killer whale had taken the life of one of its trainers. The whale, Tilikum, had killed before, but yet had been allowed to continue performing. So what exactly went wrong?
Shocking, never-before-seen footage and riveting interviews with trainers and experts manifest the orca's extraordinary nature, the species' cruel treatment in captivity over the last four decades, and the growing disillusionment of workers who were misled and endangered by the multi-billion dollar sea-park industry. BLACKFISH challenges us to consider our relationship to nature and reveals how little we humans have learned from these highly intelligent and enormously sentient fellow mammals.
M: Content may disturb.
Awards:
Nominated Best Documentary Gabriela Cowperthwaite BAFTA Film Awards 2014
Won WAFCA Award Best Documentary - Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Won Best Documentary Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2013
12 other nominations
5 other wins
"Heartbreaking... provocative... gripping... a rigorous and welcome expose." - LEIGH PAATSCH
"Gabriela Cowperthwaite's riveting movie should prove to be one of the best (and most talked about)
documentaries of the year: It not only delivers astonishing, suspenseful footage that makes it a legitimate thriller, but also serves up thoughtful meditations about using wild animals for our own entertainment." - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
