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BLACKFISH

Director:

  Gabriela Cowperthwaite
  

Year Released:

  2013

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Tilikum
  Audiences
  Captors
  Families
  Trainers
Movie Haiku:Ostensible subject is the capture of an Orca calf at age 2 & how SeaWorld failed to warn staff that as an adult he had a history of attacking humans, but Cowperthwaite is after more. By the end, Tilikum is almost shouting "I am Spartacus." New chapter in the age old story of people with power exploiting both human & natural environments for their own profit.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2013