Blackfish (film)
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Blackfish is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. It concerns Tilikum, an orca held by SeaWorld and the controversy over captive orcas. The film premiered at the 2013 S
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Dawn Brancheau at SeaWorld Orlando in 2006
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Thom Powers, former SeaWorld trainers Samantha Berg, John Hargrove, and John Jett at the Miami International Film Festival presentation of Blackfish at the Regal South Beach on March 3, 2013.
Tilikum at SeaWorld Orlando in 2009.
Dawn Brancheau
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Dawn Therese Brancheau was an American animal trainer at SeaWorld. She worked with orcas at SeaWorld Orlando for fifteen years, including a leading role in revamping the Shamu show, and was SeaWorld's
Blackfish (film)
…and other captive orcas as well as interviews with witnesses. Cowperthwaite began work on the film after the February 2010 death of Tilikum's trainer Dawn Brancheau and in response to the claim that the orca had targeted Brancheau because she had worn her hair in a ponytail. Cowperthwaite argued that this claim had…
Brancheau working at SeaWorld Orlando in 2006 standing on Takara's rostrum during "Believe"
Brancheau on a slide out, which is a platform covered by less than a foot of water, with orca Katina at SeaWorld Orlando