Keiko: The Untold Story

Joshua Records, LLC
is in production of a full length documentary about Keiko’s life and legacy titled:

Keiko: The Untold Story

Everyone hoped that Keiko would find his family and live happily ever after. When that didn’t happen, the media walked away and called the effort a failure.

This is the amazing story of what actually happened with Keiko. The film takes the viewer on Keiko’s journey, explores his strong will to survive, and enjoys his enormous embrace of his own freedom.

Through firsthand accounts by those who did not walk away, the film follows Keiko, his life, his legacy, and the untold story of his extraordinary years of ‘freedom’ in Iceland and Norway where he thrived before his death in 2003.

Mark Berman
Associate Director, Free Willy-Keiko Foundation

Paul Spong
Founder, OrcaLab

Naomi Rose
Senior Scientist
The Humane Society of the United States

Colin Baird
Keiko Project's Field Team Coordinator
in Iceland and Norway

“Tobba” – Þorbjörg Valdís Kristjánsdóttir
Caretaker for Keiko in Iceland and Norway

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• Press Release:
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• News:
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• News Alert:
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Paul Spong

Keiko’s incredible journey

I am writing this in part to counter recent attempts to discredit Keiko’s accomplishments, and the efforts of those who participated in his journey from captivity to freedom, and in part to express my belief that Keiko’s story serves as a beacon of light that shines on the way forward, and out, for captive whales and dolphins … read more …