![]() ![]() It’s a proficient way to attack the material and paint a broad picture of why this event was important, as well as demonstrating the effects that the incident had on everyone down the chain. After briefly establishing the incident, Lambert and Moore treat us to a set of fascinating interviews with Tyke’s ex-trainers, the group that used to lease elephants out to circus shows, prolific animal rights activists who were at the forefront of campaigns to outlaw animal circuses in Honolulu, people in the circus animal industry, and even a man who acts as a lobbyist for circus groups pushing a line of ‘the circus is good, old fashioned, all-American fun’. ![]() This sparked public outcry and permanently tarnished the already diminished brand of animal circuses. The film centers on a prolific, animal-activism defining event in August of 1994 that saw a circus elephant (Tyke) break from and attack its handlers before going on a rampage through Honolulu streets, after which it was executed in a barrage of gunfire by police officials. The new feature length documentary outing from television director/producers Susan Lambert and Stefan Moore, Tyke Elephant Outlaw, is a fascinating take-down of the practices of circuses that incorporate animal performers, the film in the vein of a smaller-scale Blackfish. The Documentary Australia program at the Sydney Film Festival always has some interesting inclusions, and this year’s line-up is no exception. ![]()
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