The Hundred-Year-Old Whale

The Hundred-Year-Old Whale

Born in an era when whales were on everyone's menu and her family members were being harpooned, then shot, then captured and put on display, Granny (J2) miraculously survived in the west coast waters for over a century as the world - and the world of whales - has changed completely. We meet the world's oldest killer whale and explore her past and her family's future.      
Duration 15 mins
Year2017
CreditMIDDLE CHILD FILMS and PERPETUAL MOTION PRODUCTIONS with the participation of CREATIVE BC and a grant awarded by BRAVOFACT (a division of BELL MEDIA INC.) presents the film "THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD-WHALE" written and directed by MARK LEIREN-YOUNG produced by TONY WOSK and MARK LEIREN-YOUNG cinematographers RAYNE BENU, A. JONATHAN BENNY, CLIFF HOKANSON edited by BRENDAN WOOLLARD music composed by ROB TEEHAN additional editing MICHAEL GEORGE camera assistant CARE ELISE archival research PAULA SAWADSKY & SANDRA MENDENHALL, FOUND IMAGES RESEARCH additional orca research LILY CAMPBELL transcription HAYLEY COPPERTHWAITE post-production services FARPOINT FILMS executive in charge for Farpoint KYLE BORNAIS online picture editor MARKUS HENKEL sound editor MITCH DORGE narrated by LAURA VANDERVOORT with appearances by JASON COLBY, LANCE BARRETT-LENNARD, KEN BALCOMB, KRISTEN KANES, JOE BAUER archival interview MIKE BIGG granny (J2) photos by CLINT "SHOWTIME" RIVERS, EAGLE WING TOURS orca capture footage provided by MICHAEL HARRIS and BABY WILD FILMS under registered U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS copyright PAu3-145-913, Library and Archives Canada/C-086450, CHRIS LUND/NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA/LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/C-002106, CHRIS LUND/NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA/LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/C-002104, CHRIS LUND/NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA/LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/C-002108, CANADA DEPT. OF INTERIOR/LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/PA-040991 additional photographs and film courtesy of JOE BAUER, KEN BALCOMB - CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH, NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, MURRAY AND KATHY NEWMAN, VANCOUVER AQUARIUM, CHEK TV-VICTORIA, POND5, SHUTTERSTOCK.