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Blackfish

2013 · 83 min

A sober, quietly enraging plunge into captivity's costs, mixing archival footage and testimony into a slow-building sense of dread and grief. It leaves you unsettled and sad rather than thrilled.}{.

Directed by
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett
Tagline
Never capture what you can't control.
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.

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Directed by
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • nature
    • trauma
    • isolation
    • corruption
    • death
    Places
    • sea
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action2
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Gabriela Cowperthwaite
    Written by
    Eli Despres, Gabriela Cowperthwaite
    Starring
    Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett, John Hargrove, Carol Ray, Jeffrey Ventre, Kim Ashdown, Ken Balcomb
    Music
    Jeff Beal
    Cinematography
    Jonathan Ingalls, Christopher Towey
    Runtime
    83 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    Spanish, English

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