Blackfish Reflection

Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and presented by Our Turn Productions in 2013, is a documentary about enormous orca, or "killer" whales living in captivity in various Sea World facilities nationwide.  As I have never seen the film before, I was horrified and informed when I learned the truth about these preforming whales and the countless incidents that have occurred. My initial reaction after the film was how disgusted I was at these events and how ignorant I felt for not being aware of such instances prior to my experience viewing this documentary.  As the film continued on, I experienced a roller coaster of emotions.  The problematic concepts discussed in the film horrified me and brought me to pity all orcas living in captivity, especially those in and associated with Sea World.  To a friend, I would describe this film as informative, as I took back shocking information that I would not have known prior to viewing this film.  I would also consider it as heartbreaking since my emotions were deeply touched as I witnessed real video recordings of victims to orca attacks.  I would then motivate him or her to see it by explaining how ignorant we are to the inhumane facilities of Sea World.  It is beyond important to be aware of our marine life on Earth as they are God's intelligent, majestic creatures.  As students, our first steps to addressing this problem relating frustrated, irritable, depressed orcas is to educate ourselves.  We must learn from documentaries such as Blackfish to be aware of events occurring similar to those featured in the film.  Problems relating to the inhuman treatment of orca whales and the vicious cries of frustration in attacks all connect to us as these whales are our marine life of the world.  These beautiful, smart animals need our attention now more than ever as whales in need, such as Tillikum, are still trapped in Sea World today.

Works Cited

Blackfish. Dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Perf. John Hargrove, Samantha Berg, Mark Simmons, Kim 

     Ashdown, Dean Gomersall. Magnolia Pictures, 2013.

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