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    Saving Luna

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    Poster of the movie Saving Luna
    2007     Documentary    
    Canada
    1h 32min
    G
    PG
    G
    G

    In a film that has won awards around the world, Luna, a baby killer whale, gets separated from his family on the rugged, wild coast of Vancouver Island. All alone, he seems determined to make friends with humans. People fall in love with him - a cook on an old freighter, a gruff fisheries officer, an elder and a young man from a First Nations band. But the government decides that being friendly with Luna is bad for him, and tries to keep him and people apart.

    This effort becomes hilarious and baffling, because Luna refuses to give up his search for a social life. This leads to battles between the government and the First Nations, and between those who love Luna and those who think a wild animal who inconveniences humans should be killed. In the end, "Saving Luna" explores one of the greatest of mysteries: Who are these lives who share the planet with us humans, and what are the connections between us that we do not yet know?

    Directed bySuzanne Chisholm, Michael Parfit
    Written byMichael Parfit
    CompanyMountainside FilmsMountainside FilmsMountainside Films

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