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Resident Orca

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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?

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2024-04-06

Runtime: 97 mins

Director: Sarah Sharkey Pearce, Simon Schneider

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Resident Orca

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Production Countries: Canada

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