‘Blackfish’ will fascinate TIFF Bell Lightbox audiences starting this weekend

Starting this week at the TIFF Bell Lightbox is the documentary that caused quite the splash at this year’s Hot Docs film festival, “Blackfish”. When director Gabriela Cowperthwaite began investigating the death of a trainer who was dragged to her death during a “Dine with Shamu” show at SeaWorld, she soon found the initial story gave way to a far more shocking and further-reaching situation that plumbed the depths of a billion-dollar industry.

Blackfish

Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite

A killer whale linked to three trainer deaths over two decades, Tilikum is the backbone of the story presented in Blackfish. However, Cowperthwaite discovered it wasn’t just this particular whale; there have been multiple cases of Orca attacks on trainers in parks around the world, although never in the wild. Featuring testimonies from experts and trainers, and with never-before-seen footage,  (more…)

July 26, 2013 | Categories: Documentary, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: Bell Lightbox, Blackfish, Film Festival, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Hot Docs, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Killer whale, SeaWorld, Tiff Bell Lightbox, Tilikum | 3 Comments