Celebrities are pushing for the Big Cat Public Safety Act in response to Tiger King

Variety

Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite has received the backing of celebrities like Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Edie Falco and Iggy Pop for a petition in support of a federal Big Cat Public Safety Act. “Documentaries can be powerful forces for change, sometimes through a call to action and other times simply by telling a story that entertains, creating a window into a world viewers weren’t previously aware of,” Cowperthwaite said in a statement. “But at some point, there is a pivot and the passion of their millions of viewers lands somewhere useful.”