'Blackfish': Stunning New Doc About Seaworld's Orcas Thelma Adams - The Reel Breakdown
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"Blackfish," the horrifying tell-all documentary that SeaWorld doesn’t want you to see was written, directed and produced by a mild-mannered, yet persistent, California mother of two. Gabriela Cowperthwaite told Yahoo: "I am a documentary filmmaker and so I don’t let sleeping dogs lie." Or killer whales, like SeaWorld’s Tilikum a.k.a. Shamu. You know: that playful, shiny black-and-white predator that has inspired an armada of stuffed toys, appeared on countless T-shirts and doused busloads of cheering tourists.

Cowperthwaite’s controversial movie opens Friday. Over the weekend, according to the New York Times, SeaWorld issued a preemptive statement denouncing "Blackfish" as "shamefully dishonest, deliberately misleading, and scientifically inaccurate." While it’s a huge embarrassment to the theme park that presents itself as family and eco-friendly, it’s also bad publicity for a corporation that owns a dozen theme parks and raised $700 million in an IPO in April.

So what about this documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last January, has corporate suits cowering? "Blackfish" investigates the theme park's serial killer whale named Tilikum. The bad boy weighs in at about 12,000 pounds and is estimated to be in his thirties. The captive Orca, or Blackfish, has slain three humans while continuing to perform in the theme park's shows. The last fatal event felled experienced trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, in 2010 after a “Dine with Shamu” show at the Orlando theme park.

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