Backed up by images of the black-and-white “killer whale” cavorting, showing off and constantly begging for attention, Reynolds unassumingly informs that Orcas, who have about the same life spans as humans, are very social beings that spend their whole lives in extended family groups. It poses some interesting questions about what we really know about the natural world and who should define what's acceptable when it comes to communication between humans and animals.The center of attention here is Luna, a young orca who, at age two, for some reason became separated from his large family, “like a child in a supermarket,” and was stranded in Nootka Sound, an ultra-scenic area more than halfway up the west coast of Vancouver Island. Their collaboration is a new documentary about Luna called 'The Whale'. After much knocking on doors, Michael caught the interest of Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson. Michael first told Luna's story in a documentary for the CBC, but to really bring the story to the world he hoped to get Hollywood on board. Government authorities were determined to protect Luna and outlawed human contact with him. Separated from his pod, Luna began to bond with humans. Like us, orcas are social - they spend their entire lives in extended family groups. He turned up alone in a narrow inlet called Nootka Sound. The story began in the summer of 2001 when Luna lost contact with his family along the coast of B.C. When Michael Parfit first set out to report on the story of a wild killer whale named Luna, he had no idea the story would consume him for years and teach him something important about himself.
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