questions for viewing blackfish

1 - What is this film about (and what makes you think that)?

2 - What techniques does the filmmaker use to communicate essential ideas (stock footage, re-enactment, narrator, scripted dialogue, conversational dialogue etc)?

3 - How do those techniques communicate the intended message(s)?

4 - Who are the voices of authority in this film? Are there voices left out that

would add important perspectives?

5 - Which of the film’s assertions are facts and which are opinions?

6 - What sources does the film rely on for its information, ideas or assertions?

7 - Are those sources credible? How do you know?

8 - What central questions is the film trying to answer?

9 - What does the filmmaker want people to know or remember?

10 - Who is the target audience?

11 - Who might benefit from the messages in this film? Who might be harmed or disadvantaged by them?

12 - What ideas, values and information are implied?

13 - How might others see this film in a way that differs from the way I see it?

14 - How and why might different types of people interpret this film in divergent ways?

15 - What is my reaction to this film and what do I learn about myself from my reaction or interpretation?

16 - What have I learned from this film? Why might the film’s message(s) matter to me?