Resident Orca

Category: Documentary
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?

Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 2024-04-06
Run time: 97 minute / 1:37
Directors: Sarah Sharkey Pearce, Simon Schneider.
Writers: Sarah Sharkey Pearce, Simon Schneider.
Production Country: Canada