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Blackfish is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.It concerns Tilikum, an orca held by SeaWorld and the controversy over captive orcas.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 site's critical consensus reads: "Content to regurgitate bits of better horror movies, Orca: The Killer Whale is a soggy shark thriller with frustratingly little bite." [ 15 ] A contemporary review published by Variety called the film "man-vs-beast nonsense", and lamented that "fine special effects and underwater camera work are plowed ...
When director Gabriela Cowperthwaite set out to make Blackfish more than a decade ago, not even she knew the impact the documentary about the captivity of orcas, mostly at SeaWorld, would have. "I ...
An orca whale in an aquarium looking at the viewer through glass. Keiko: Orca: 1976–2003 Free Willy (1993) Was re-released into the wild in 2002 [14] Winter: Bottlenose dolphin: 2005–2021 Dolphin Tale (2011) Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) Depicted herself in the Dolphin Tale films [15]
An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. [1] In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the ...
More than 50 years ago, Mary Badham was just ten years old when she received an Academy Award nomination -- and then she retired from acting. Not exactly your typical Hollywood story!
Though the "orca wars" reference a fictional battle between human and killer whale, many online have taken their allegiances seriously, posting about being team orca or team human.
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