SJCT Summer Film Series

Larry Soll invites you to the next film at San Juan Community Theatre next Tuesday…

Fellow Film Buffs,

Coming up on Tuesday July 17th at 7:30 pm,
Blackfish
Documentary, Drama PG-13  84 minutes

Many of us have experienced the excitement and awe of watching 8,000-pound orcas, or “killer whales,” soar out of the water and fly through the air at sea parks, as if in perfect harmony with their trainers. Yet, in our contemporary lore this mighty black-and-white mammal is like a two-faced Janus-beloved as a majestic, friendly giant yet infamous for its capacity to kill viciously.

BLACKFISH is the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who-unlike any orca in the wild-has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. So what exactly went wrong? Shocking, never-before-seen footage and riveting interviews with trainers and experts manifest the orca’s extraordinary nature, the species’ cruel treatment in captivity over the last four decades, and the growing disillusionment of workers who were misled and endangered by the highly profitable sea-park industry.

This emotionally wrenching, tautly structured story challenges us to consider our relationship to nature and reveals how little we humans have learned from these highly intelligent and enormously sentient fellow mammals.

This is “bonus addition” to our summer film series and is being underwritten by a group of individuals committed to the preservation of free orca whales who are gathering here this week.  Thanks go to our “Superpod” friends for sponsoring this showing and inviting islanders to attend and “pay what you can” .

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