Blackfish

Through eye-popping footage and thorough journalism, we learn about the sordid underbelly of keeping orcas in captivity.

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Runtime: 1:22

In-person: director Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Fest Year: 2013

Even in captivity, orcas, the largest predatory mammal in the world, grow as large as 12,000 pounds. While our popular imagination is filled with the likes of Shamu and company at Sea World, the footage in this film reveals a much more harrowing hist