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Resident Orca tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom. After decades of failed attempts to bring her home, an unlikely partnership between Indigenous matriarchs, a billionaire philanthropist, killer whale experts, and the aquarium’s new owner take on the impossible task of freeing Lolita, captured 53 years ago as a baby, only to spend the rest of her life performing in the smallest killer whale tank in North America. When Lolita falls ill under troubling circumstances, her advocates are faced with a painful question: is it too late to save her?
Resident Orca (2024) is a 1h 37min documentary feature film by Sarah Sharkey Pearce. Resident Orca tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom.
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| IMDb | tt31702998 |
| TMDB | 1256889 |
