You are a young baby whale, you are destined to live in the open ocean along with your pod without a care in a world. But what if one day that was all over? You were chased down by ships and hunters, thrown in a net and dragged to shore. You are lost, scared and frightened, you have lost your mum and you are alone, alone in a concrete tank and forced to learn tricks as a reward for food. This is Blackfish.
The film explores the life of the largest known whale in captivity called Tilakum and his links to killing three trainers.It recalls accounts from multiple different sources including ex-trainers at Seaworld who share their experiences of working with Tilakum and other Whales in the park, a member of OSHA, who's fight is to end whale training in captivity, a specialist neuroscientist, whale capturers and ex members of whale captivity institutions.
The film explores the past 40 years of Whales in captivity and the death of Dawn Brancheau, Tilakum's last victim. The timeline starts from the caputure of the whales for the park and how they began to develop in the enclosure with a treatment plan set up by Seaworld. It develops into the exploration of the many events of Tilakum's negative behaviour and the failure to relay this to all trainers, which resulted in Dawn's death.
The film explores the past 40 years of Whales in captivity and the death of Dawn Brancheau, Tilakum's last victim. The timeline starts from the caputure of the whales for the park and how they began to develop in the enclosure with a treatment plan set up by Seaworld. It develops into the exploration of the many events of Tilakum's negative behaviour and the failure to relay this to all trainers, which resulted in Dawn's death.
The film's sources are rich, covering many areas for the abolition whale captivity. The accounts really hit you, not just with with their personal accounts but with facts from scientists who believe that the way in which these whales are kept and treated is the reason for their unusual behaviour.
I really feel this film hit's you and can even change your views on what you once believed was true. I for one was once dazzled by the concept of seeing these Whales perform with such grace with their trainers and no idea of how these animals were treated. Watching this film really gives you a grounding of the mistreatments of animals and of course the sheer evil nature that humans can exhibit to make a quick buck.
5/5
I really feel this film hit's you and can even change your views on what you once believed was true. I for one was once dazzled by the concept of seeing these Whales perform with such grace with their trainers and no idea of how these animals were treated. Watching this film really gives you a grounding of the mistreatments of animals and of course the sheer evil nature that humans can exhibit to make a quick buck.
5/5
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