In the wake of the 1993 hit movie Free Willy, activists and fans campaigned to release the movie’s star – a captive killer whale named Keiko – and launched a story Hollywood couldn’t invent.
Bret Sigler
Bret Sigler is a contributing producer and video editor at Retro Report. He is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker who has directed, edited and shot documentaries for PBS, Netflix, ABC, Amazon, MSNBC, VICE, NatGeo, Bravo, TIME, and The New York Times. In addition to the Emmys, his work has been recognized by the CINE Masters’ Series, the Chris Awards, the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Webby Awards, FOCAL International, and the American Society of Magazine Editors. His work has screened at MOMA, HotDocs, Tribeca, and at numerous other film festivals around the world.
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The Crack Baby Scare: From Faulty Science to Media Panic
In the 1980s, images of tiny, jittery “crack babies” caused social outcry – crack-addicted pregnant mothers were prosecuted and the media warned that a generation of “crack babies” would plague our country. Turns out… they were wrong.
