Torn from his family at the tender age of two, Keiko spent 14 years in
captivity as a performing tourist attraction before Hollywood discovered
him for the title role in the 1993 blockbuster movie, “Free Willy.”
When his millions of new fans around the globe, most of them children,
realized that Keiko was not free like his on screen character, a crusade
was launched to save him. The decision was ultimately made to return
Keiko to his native waters off Iceland. He first spent two years in
Oregon regaining his health. Keiko was finally airlifted to Iceland in
fall 1998, becoming the first and only orca in captivity to make it back
to the wild. Dir: Theresa Demarest.
www.keikotheuntoldstory.com
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