Blackfish (film)

Blackfish is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. It focuses on Tilikum, an orca held by SeaWorld and the controversy over captive killer whales. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2013, and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films for wider release.

The documentary reports that the whales have experienced extreme stress when their offspring were captured in the wild or when separated after breeding at water parks. The film features footage of attacks on trainers by Tilikum and other captive whales, and interviews with witnesses. A segment of the video of trainer Dawn Brancheaus death is shown at the beginning of the film and near the end, but cuts off just before Tilikum attacks and drags her underwater.Cowperthwaite began work on the film after the February 2010 death of Tilikums trainer Dawn Brancheau and in response to the claim that the orca had targeted the trainer because she had worn her hair in a ponytail. Cowperthwaite argued that this claim had been conjecture and that there had to be more to this story. ........

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