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Blackfish

Name: Blackfish
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett, John Hargrove, Carol Ray

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.

2013 · Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite · 83 min · Documentary · 8 frames

Tagline

Never capture what you can't control.

Crew

Written by: Eli Despres, Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Cinematography: Christopher Towey, Jonathan Ingalls
Edited by: Eli Despres, Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Music: Jeff Beal
Produced by: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Manny Oteyza

Cast

Dean Gomersall as Self
Samantha Berg as Self
John Jett as Self
John Hargrove as Self
Carol Ray as Self
Jeffrey Ventre as Self
Kim Ashdown as Self
Ken Balcomb as Self
Mark Simmons as Self
Thomas Tobin as Self

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: Spanish, English
Studios: Manny O Productions
Box office: $2,063,312
Themes: whale, trauma, controversy, psychological thriller, nature, killer whale, sea world, animal trainer, woman director, tenerife

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