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Posted inHome Viewing, Movies & TV

Blu-Ray Review: ‘Blackfish,’ About Captive Killer Whales, Is One of the Year’s Best Documentaries

Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite puts together a compelling argument against keeping killer whales in captivity in Blackfish. The No. 1 argument: the death of head Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010, killed during a non-show exercise by Tilikum, one of the amusement park’s star-attraction killer whales. Trainers and friends of Brancheau recall, in chilling detail, […]

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