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Subject: The Cove 2009. Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:30 pm
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The Cove is a 2009 documentary film of the annual killing of about 2,300 dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama in Japan.[1][2] The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cove where they are netted and killed by means of spears and knives over the side of small fishing boats. The film highlights that this is about three times the amount of whales killed in the Antarctic, and 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year.
The film was directed by former National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos,[3] and was filmed secretly during 2007 using underwater microphones and high-definition cameras disguised as rocks.[1][4]
The documentary won the U.S. Audience Award at the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. It was selected out of the 879 submissions in the category.[1][5]
Furthermore, The Cove has been shorlisted for an Oscar nomination at the 2010 82nd Academy Awards. It is up against 14 other films for Best Documentary Feature.
The movie follows former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.
The leader behind the covert expedition in The Cove: former dolphin trainer turned activist Ric O'Barry. In the 1960s, he captured and trained the five wild dolphins who would play the role of "Flipper" in the hit television series of the same name. This pop-culture phenomenon fueled widespread public adoration of dolphins. It was when one of the dolphins committed a form of suicide in his arms, closing her blowhole voluntarily in order to drown, that O'Barry came to see it as a curse not a blessing. Days later, he found himself off the island of Bimini, attempting to cut a hole in the sea pen in order to set free a captured dolphin[7]. Since then O'Barry has worked tirelessly as an advocate on behalf of dolphins around the world.
After meeting with O'Barry, Psihoyos and his crew wind up in the small town of Taiji, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonder and mysteries of the dolphins and whales that swim off their coast. But in a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by wire and "Keep Out" signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under the cover of night, that the fisherman of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in the unseen killing. Together with the Ocean Preservation Society, Psihoyos, O'Barry, and the crew utilizes special tactics and embark on a mission to get the truth on what is really going on in the cove and why it matters to everyone else in the world[8].