May 17 & 18 | Saturday & Sunday | | Rated Unrated |
A Sealife Productions Film by Florian Graner
Like the orca, this movie is powerful and intense but also emotional and packed with details.
Local filmmaker and marine biologist Florian Graner takes you deep into the world of orcas. The film introduces orcas from around the world and focuses on two coexisting orca cultures right here in the Salish Sea.
The differences between resident orcas depending on salmon, and transient orcas thriving on marine mammals becomes clear in this movie as well as why the two ecotypes don’t interact.
Family clans and how they operate on their daily journeys and hunts are shown with breathtaking detail while introducing the personalities of individual whales.
The film also focuses on the outlook of the different ecotypes. It is a story of both environmental policy success and failure lived through the life of these magnificent top predators. The film reflects on how humans interact with orcas and how we steward the environments we share.
The movie is a must-see for anyone who loves orcas and the natural world and for those who enjoy stories of intimacy, family and community.
The filmmaker Florian Graner and his wife Gina Truesdell spent years collecting these incredible images working under federal permits. Florian Graner’s work features in wildlife films such as the BBC’s “The Blue Planet”, National Geographic’s “America’s National Parks: Olympic,” and Discovery’s “River Monsters”. He also films for Netflix, Disney, and Amazon Prime.
