Blackfish
Never capture what you can't control.2013
8.1
1h 23m
Documentary
English
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
Director
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Gabriela Cowperthwaite (born 1971) is an American filmmaker. She has directed documentaries and feature films, and she also produces, edits, writes, and directs for television and documentary films. Her films often deal with social, cultural, and environmental issues relating to real life events. Her most notable film is Blackfish (2013), which received a BAFTA nomination for Best Documentary. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Gabriela Cowperthwaite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast
Ken Balcomb
Self
Mark Simmons
Self
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Anderson Cooper
Self
James Earl Jones
Self (archive footage)