Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Blackfish



Blackfish

“Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.”
Robert Redford, President and Founder

Institute History

2013 Sundance Film Festival
2013 Sundance London Film and Music Festival

Description

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 unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing 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.

SeaWorld
The Anheuser-Busch Company made an offer to purchase the SeaWorld parks. However, HBJ also owned and operated two other parks, Cypress Gardens and Boardwalk and Baseball, and out of fear of not being able to find a buyer for the two other parks, HBJ refused to sell the parks individually. Despite a long negotiation, Anheuser-Busch bought all six parks in 1989: SeaWorld in San Diego, Aurora, Orlando and San Antonio as well as Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven and Boardwalk and Baseball in Haines City. Soon after the sale was final, Busch sold Cypress Gardens to the park's management and closed Boardwalk and Baseball.[7] Anheuser-Busch put millions of dollars back into the parks to revive and to prolong their longevity.

Sundance Film Festival
Blackfish (film)
Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2013, and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films for wider release.

Note: Sundance Institute is the sponsor for the Sundance Film Festival.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Human Rights Watch, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and a member of Kappa Sigma.
Patricia E. Mitchell is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute, was a director at the Human Rights Watch, the president of CNN Productions, and the executive in charge of original productions for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
CNN Worldwide is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Ted Turner is the founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a member of Kappa Sigma, the founder of CNN, and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Walter Isaacson was the chairman & CEO for CNN, and is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Mellody L. Hobson is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.  
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Warren E. Buffett is an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), Susan A. Buffett’s father, and a member of the Augusta National Golf Club.
Susan A. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s daughter, and a director at the ONE Campaign.
Michelle Obama is an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Cindy Hensley McCain is an advocate for the ONE Campaign, the chair for Hensley & Co., and was a stockholder in the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Hensley & Co. was a wholesaler for the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
William Porter Payne was a director at the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., and is the chairman for the Augusta National Golf Club.
Douglas A. Warner III was a director at the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., and is a member of the Augusta National Golf Club.
18 Holes of Corruptions (Past Research on the Augusta National Golf Club)
Friday, February 21, 2014
Marvin Nicholson was a caddy at the Augusta National Golf Club, is the White House trip director for the Barack Obama administration, and Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Barack Obama’s golf partner is Marvin Nicholson, the president for the Barack Obama administration, and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and is an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Senator Dianne Feinstein, and a regent at the University of California.
Vilma S. Martinez was a board of regent’s chair for the University of California, and a director at the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Louis W. Sullivan is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and a national executive board member for the Boy Scouts of America.
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. is a national executive board member for the Boy Scouts of America, and was a director at the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Wayman F. Smith III is a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and was a VP for the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Daniel R. Glickman was a senior adviser for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and is director, Congressional Program for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner is the founder of CNN, and a member of Kappa Sigma.
Robert Redford is a member of Kappa Sigma, and the founder & president for the Sundance Institute.
Sundance Institute is the sponsor for the Sundance Film Festival.
Blackfish (film)
Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2013, and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films for wider release.















No comments: