2013 · documentary
Blackfish
Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite1h 23m2013
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.
Our read: Blackfish (2013) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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