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Blackfish

Blackfish

Never capture what you can't control.

20137.81h 23m

Overview

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.

Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Written by Eli Despres, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Tim Zimmermann
Produced by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Manny Oteyza
Box Office0Revenue: $2.1M

Top Cast

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Dean Gomersall

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Samantha Berg

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John Jett

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John Hargrove

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Carol Ray

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Jeffrey Ventre

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Kim Ashdown

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Ken Balcomb

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Mark Simmons

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Thomas Tobin

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Themes & Keywords

whaletraumacontroversypsychological thrillernaturekiller whalesea worldanimal trainerwoman directortenerifedeprivation

About Blackfish

Blackfish is a documentary film released in 2013 exploring themes of whale, trauma, controversy, psychological thriller, nature, killer whale. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, it stars Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett. 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.

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