SAVING LUNA

What happens when a wild killer whale tries to befriend humans? Saving Luna is the true story of Luna, a baby male orca who gets separated from his family in a remote Canadian fjord. When the friendly orca seeks companionship from people, he becomes beloved and feared. People can’t figure out what to do. To native people, he’s a chief’s spirit. To boaters, he’s a goofy friend. To conservationists, he’s a cause. To scientists, he’s trouble. To officials, he’s a danger. To the filmmakers, he’s a lovable streetkid whale. As conflict and tragedy stain the waters, Luna becomes a symbol of the world’s wildest beauty: wonderful to know, hard to save.

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Suzanne Chisholm
Director

Suzanne Chisholm, born in Quebec and raised in Nova Scotia, holds a master's degree in development economics from Dalhousie University. She co-authored the American version of the book Blame it on the Weather and a chapter in the National Geographic book, Last Wild Places. Chisholm has co-directed and produced more than 20 stories throughout the world for the National Geographic Channel. She produced The Search for the Never Never, about the Australian environment, and Letters from the Forgotten People, about refugees in Tanzania. Saving Luna is Chisholm's first feature-length documentary as director.

Michael Parfit
Director

London-born Michael Parfit is the author of four books and numerous articles for the magazines National Geographic and Smithsonian. He wrote the award-winning IMAX film Ocean Oasis and co-wrote the IMAX films, Antarctica, and Under Antarctic Ice, for WNET/Nature. He has also co-directed more than 20 stories for the National Geographic Channel and directed The Search for the Never Never, about the Australian environment, and Letters from the Forgotten People, about refugees in Tanzania. Saving Luna is Parfit's first feature-length documentary as director.