Resident Orca

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 Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut (Lolita/Tokitae), 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 Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut falls ill under troubling circumstances, her advocates are faced with a painful question: is it too late to save her? (Miami Film Festival)