Blackfish (Blu-ray)
November 12, 2013
On February 24, 2010, one of SeaWorld’s most experienced trainers, forty-year old Dawn Brancheau, was pulled under water by the park’s largest Orca (most commonly referred to as killer whales),12,000 pound Tilikum and killed. A devastating event, the incident made headlines around the world, and SeaWorld was later fined $75,000 for various safety violations. In Blackfish, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite makes the argument that the strains