Review Movie Blackfish

The movie Blackfish is a documentary about the Orca whales that are kept, primarily by Sea World, but also reveals a behind the scenes look at how the whole Killer Whale exploitation for profit began. Having lived in San Diego for many years during the sev...

Magnolia Pictures invites you and a guest to attend an advance screening of BLACKFISH, an eye-opening documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Many of us have experienced the excitement and awe of watching 8,000-pound orcas, or "killer whales," soar out of the water and fly through the air at sea parks, as if in perfect harmony with their trainers.

Reviewer rating: Reader rating: The moral behind Blackfish is spelt out on its poster: ''Never capture what you can't control''. It's a story about hubris and it begins in 2010 with a violent death at the SeaWorld aquatic park in Orlando, Florida.

Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite's 2013 film, Blackfish, does exactly what a great documentary should do. The movie is as heart-wrenching as the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove , but at its core, Blackfish is even more horrifying. Nearly ten million people inadvertently participate in the film's tragic story every year by visiting SeaWorld parks across the U.S.

"Kirby makes a passionate case for captivity as the reason orcas become killers (and) tells the story like a thriller... We probably can't free the orcas in captivity today, but we could make the current group of captive killer whales the last." --Wall Street Journal"A chilling depiction...

Killer whales are beloved majestic, friendly giants yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. BLACKFISH unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of the notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the lives of several people while in captivity.

It's upsetting and scary to watch the footage of orca attacks collected in "Blackfish," a damning documentary about the treatment of the animals by marine parks, where they have long performed water tricks in front of paying customers.

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An incredible story as told by former SeaWorld trainer Carol Ray. This event took place in July of 2012 in Friday Harbor, on San Juan Island, in Washington State, USA. Filmed by Jeffrey Ventre

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