Writer/Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s well-done documentary
Blackfish
is an eye-opening exposé on SeaWorld and similar exhibitions featuring black
orca whales.
Inspired by the death of Dawn Brancheau that achieved
national attention a few years ago, Cowperthwaite goes back into the history of
Tilicum, the orca responsible for killing Ms. Brancheau, and proceeds to detail
2 other deadly attacks by Tilicum and the over 70 killer-whale attacks that
have taken place over the last 20 years.
Interviews with former trainers give a clear picture of
the horrible conditions in which these extremely intelligent creatures are kept
and the film posits that Tilicum may be wreaking revenge for its kidnapping
from its family as a baby.
However, the real villain does not appear to be Tilicum, but the greedy management
of SeaWorld that has kept the truth of the attacks not only from the public, but
from their own employees.
I give Blackfish a well-deserved 4+ out of
5.
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