Blackfish

Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top trainer. If he was a pit-bull or a pet snake, the authorities wouldn’t hesitate to issue an order for him to be put down. Because he’s the main attraction at Sea World and worth millions of dollars as both an attraction and in stud fees, though, Tilikum is getting away with murder. While her documentary is far from balanced, primarily due to the fact that Sea World never officially comments on camera, writer/director Gabriela Cowperthwaite makes a compelling case for more than just refusing to ever go to Sea World again. At its most successful, the film raises important questions about the nature of the relationship between wild animals and the humans who try to train them, underlining the important fact that while you can take such animals out of the wild, you can never take the wild out of those animals.