Mention the name Tyke, it is guaranteed to get the door shut in yourįace,” Moore said. “Quite frankly, to most people in the circus industry if you Trying to make an animal rights propaganda film. The filmmaker and his team repeatedly stressed they were not Getting those who worked with Tyke to discuss what happened wasn’t easy, Moore With rifles, some onlookers screamed at them to stop while others threw When police brought her down, firing at her It traumatized Honolulu.Īfter crushing her trainer, Allen Campbell, the elephant fled through Rampage occurred on the last day of the circus. Tyke was in Honolulu with Circus International and her Aug. “I almost couldn’t believe what I was watching when the tape began playing. To create Tyke as the protagonist, as the central character of theįilm,” Moore said. “They are evocative, beautiful shots of Tyke, and that really allowed us Harbor and the Blaisdell as well as closeups of her dark, weary eyes. This time, the cameras captured Tyke’s peaceful arrival at Honolulu But it sets the tone with uneditedįootage Moore found in the Hawaii News Now archives in 2012. Is directing and producing with his wife, Susan Lambert, andĬo-producer Megan McMurchy - includes interviews with the trainers and Moore says his documentary, “Tyke Elephant Outlaw,” is a redemptive drama filled with trauma, outrage, insight and compassion. News footage that helps transform Tyke from an angry killer to a tragicįigure. “Up to this point, I think Tyke has been largely perceived as either a bad seed or an incomprehensible force of nature,” Moore said.īut to his great surprise, the filmmaker discovered never-before-seen Tyke had crushed her trainer to death on the floor of the BlaisdellĪrena as parents and children screamed. Police there were ready to gun her down but Taylor safely retrieved her. Trainer Tyrone Taylor after escaping from a performance in Altoona, Pa. The elephant who rampaged through Honolulu, is pictured with former Ultimately, this moving documentary raises fundamental questions about our deep and mysterious connection to other species.When he decided to tell the story of Tyke, the circus elephant that rampaged through Honolulu in 1994, documentary filmmaker Stefan Moore knew the collective memory of that event was overwhelmingly negative. Like the classic animal rebellion film King Kong, Tyke is the central protagonist in a tragic but redemptive drama that combines trauma, outrage, insight and compassion. Looking at what made Tyke snap, the film goes back to meet the people who knew her and were affected by her death - former trainers and handlers, circus industry insiders, witnesses to her rampage, and animal rights activists for whom Tyke became a global rallying cry. Her break for freedom - filmed from start to tragic end - traumatised a city and ignited a global battle over the use of animals in the entertainment industry. This is the gripping and emotionally charged story of Tyke, a circus elephant that went on a rampage in Honolulu in 1994, killed her trainer in front of thousands of spectators and died in a hail of gunfire.
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