Synopsis

Blackfish tells the story if Tilikum, a rescued killer whale that had a few incidents where deaths occurred as he was in captivity. Director-producer Gabriela Cowperthwaite finds outdated footage and false interviews to manipulate the viewer’s emotions all while depicting how “cruel and bad” SeaWorld is to it’s animals, disregarding all the good they do for marine life.

This emotionally wrenching, clever structured story challenges us to believe blindly in whatever we are told, without any true facts about certain orcas, incidents, or SeaWorld. At the same time it exploits the death of Dawn Brancheau, who was an amazing senior trainer that worked with orcas for years at SeaWorld with much love and compassion.

Read the article that exposes Blackfish through the interview of former SeaWorld Trainer Bridgette M. Pirtle here.

Also watch the clip of Kyle Kittleson, one of the most recent former SeaWorld trainers, discuss the movie Blackfish.

International Festivals the film has screened at so far:

Sundance Film Festival 2013 - World Premiere, USA

True/False 2013 - USA

Miami Film Festival 2013 - USA

Sundance London 2013 - European Premiere, UK

Hot Docs 2013 - Canada

Green Film Festival Seoul 2013 - Asian Premiere, South Korea

Cinemambiente 2013 - Italy

Docville 2013 - Belguim

SheffieldDoc/Fest - UK

AFI Docs 2013 - USA

Moscow Film Festival, Russia

Melbourne Int’l Film Festival - Australia

Dokufest - Kosovo

Athens Int’l Film Festival - Greece

Filmfest Hamburg - Germany

Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival - Brazil

Sitges Film Festival - Spain

Blackfish soundtrack on iTunes