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EXCLUSIVE: Appian Way, the production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio, is signing on to executive produce Freeing Flipper, a documentary about Ric O’Barry, who went from dolphin trainer to becoming a fierce advocate for freeing all captive dolphins. 🐬
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Ric O’Barry, who founded Dolphin Project after quitting dolphin training, is the subject of the new documentary “Freeing Flipper”
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We’re thrilled to announce that Appian Way, the production company founded by Academy Award winner @LeoDiCaprio, has joined FREEING FLIPPER as Executive Producer.
Directed by Barney Douglas (McEnroe, Warriors), the film tells the remarkable true story of Ric O'Barry - once the world’s highest-paid dolphin trainer and the man behind the dolphins of Flipper, whose extraordinary change of course would ultimately make him the central figure in Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove.
Now 86, Ric looks back on more than five decades of an extraordinary life shaped by dolphins, the triumphs, sacrifices, relationships and personal cost of a mission he could never walk away from.
Featuring Fisher Stevens, Maisie Williams, Stephen Stills and Lincoln O'Barry, alongside one of Dr. Jane Goodall’s final on-screen appearances, #FreeingFlipper combines never-before-seen family archive with immersive dolphin-POV cinematography to tell a story of freedom, legacy, family and redemption.
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Read the exclusive in @DEADLINE.
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Boards ‘Freeing Flipper’ Ahead Of TIFF Market, Story Of Dolphin Trainer Turned Activist Ric O’Barry deadline.com/2026/08/freeing…
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Taiji: This is one of the hardest moments to witness. The moment a wild dolphin is turned into an attraction.
A wild dolphin being taken from everything it knows… its home, its family, the ocean.
It’s unacceptable that we are able to exploit dolphins in this way for entertainment. The demand fuels the supply. *images from Feb 17, 2026
Feb 27, 2026
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I just took the @Dolphin_Project pledge NOT to buy a ticket to a dolphin show. Sign here dolphin.fyi/DolphinPledge #ThanksButNoTanks 🐬
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Decades after dolphins were first dumped into tanks and taught tricks to amuse paying customers – what have we really learned from their captivity?
What is there left to learn? Full story at: bit.ly/3M9cu9L (🔗 in our bio!)
#dolphinproject #dolphin #animals #aquarium #thanksbutnotanks
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A day in the life of Farida, Umah Lumba’s vet 🤍🐾
Every day is different, because no one ever knows which animals will come through our gates. From emergency rescues to daily treatments, each case brings new responsibilities
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I just took the @Dolphin_Project pledge NOT to buy a ticket to a dolphin show. Sign here dolphin.fyi/DolphinPledge #ThanksButNoTanks 🐬
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I just took the @Dolphin_Project pledge NOT to buy a ticket to a dolphin show. Sign here dolphin.fyi/DolphinPledge #ThanksButNoTanks 🐬
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I just took the @Dolphin_Project pledge NOT to buy a ticket to a dolphin show. Sign here dolphin.fyi/DolphinPledge #ThanksButNoTanks 🐬
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Let's flippin' GO! Excited to announce our BFP charity partner - @Dolphin_Project ❗️❗️❗️
The largest dolphin protection organization in the world, this non-profit is dedicated to protecting these marine mammals across the planet.
Founded by Ric O'Barry - former trainer of the five dolphins who played the role of Flipper in the tv show of the same name - Ric and the Dolphin Project have been rescuing and rehabilitating dolphins since 1970.
We're so happy to be working with them - stay tuned to see how we raise funds to support their work and how you can get involved 🐬🐬🐬
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Sign the petition asking Disney to retire the captive dolphins at Epcot, and to cease sales to any captive dolphin programs on Disney cruises. @Dolphin_Project dolphinproject.com/epcot-dol…
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just donated .759 BTC ($33,546) to the @Dolphin_Project. 10% of all our royalties will always go to saving dolphins. fins up! 🐬
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I just signed a @Dolphin_Project petition to End Dolphin Hunting in Taiji, Japan. Sign here: dolphinproject.com/take-acti… #StopTheDolphinSlaughter
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I just took the @Dolphin_Project pledge NOT to buy a ticket to a dolphin show. Sign here dolphin.fyi/DolphinPledge #ThanksButNoTanks 🐬
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Just had lunch with @LincolnOBarry @RichardOBarry and @CalAurand
Check out @Dolphin_Project and see if you support them like I do.
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I just took the @Dolphin_Project pledge NOT to buy a ticket to a dolphin show. Sign here dolphin.fyi/DolphinPledge #ThanksButNoTanks 🐬
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