Blackfish struck an emotional chord over the plight of a traumatised performing whale, prompting real change. Blackfish: how captive killer whale documentary ended SeaWorld’s orca breeding programme ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gabriela Cowperthwaite was a mom who took her kids to SeaWorld when the death of a killer whale trainer at one of the marine parks sparked her latest filmmaking project.

In her film, she traces what she calls a 40-year experiment to capture the first killer whales for the first marine parks back to the beginning. Sponsored Content by Taboola Popular Reads ...

Tilikum, the killer whale involved in the deaths of three people, including SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010, has died, SeaWorld reported Friday. Tilikum was at the center of the 2013 CNN ...

Killer Whale Documentary ‘Blackfish’ Inks Euro Deals. U.K. company Dogwoof makes a slew of pacts to distribute Gabriela Cowperthwaite's feature film.

Tilikum, the killer whale that inspired the film Blackfish after killing his trainer at SeaWorld, has died.. The orca had been the centre of the documentary, which criticised SeaWorld for its ...

“When you look into their eyes, you know somebody is home,” says a professor and former whale trainer in Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s often-shocking documentary “Blackfish,” speaking of the ...

SeaWorld has issued a statement calling Magnolia Pictures' killer whale documentary "Blackfish," which opens Friday, "inaccurate and misleading." The marine park spoke to ABC News, which plans a ...

SeaWorld has condemned the new documentary Blackfish, calling the film about orcas in captivity “inaccurate and misleading.”The controversial film focuses on Tilikum, a killer whale who has ...

Short Review: Whoa. When it comes to documentaries with the power to actually change their viewers' behavior, Gasland and Super Size Me look like high school kids holding clipboards outside the ...

Blackfish is tipped to follow the success of The Cove, a film about dolphin hunting in Japan that won the Academy Award for best documentary in 2010. Greenpeace points out killer whales do not ...

The killer whale that attacked and drowned a SeaWorld trainer in 2010 died early Friday, SeaWorld said. Skip to content. NOWCAST WESH 2 News at Noon. Watch on Demand ...