Film Description
The Cove
Director: Louie Psihoyos
Documentary, PG for disturbing content, not recommended for sensitive viewers, 92 minutes
(USA)
"Unapologetically subjective, and a piece of social activist cinema all the way, but also thrilling and truly heartbreaking, The Cove is pieced together like a Steven Soderbergh heist flick, not some staid non-fiction film."
– Brent Simon, Shared Darkness
"The Cove is guerrilla journalism at its best. Structured and paced by director Louie Psihoyos as a thriller/caper movie, it brings audience-grabbing cinematic conventions to work in telling its story of dolphin genocide."
– Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Synopsis: Audience Award Winner for Best Documentary this year at HOT DOCS, Toronto, The Cove is an astounding piece of investigative journalism with the heart of an action thriller. Led by Louie Psihoyos, leader of the Ocean Preservation Society, and Richard O'Barry, an internationally recognized authority on dolphin training who is best known for his work on the 1960's TV show Flipper, the film follows a high-tech dive team on a mission to discover the truth about the international dolphin capture trade as practiced in Taji, Japan. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, including hidden microphones and cameras, the team uncovers how this small seaside village serves as a horrifying microcosm of massive ecological crimes happening worldwide. The Cove is also directed by Louie Psihoyos, who brings confidence and precision to his insider's account of this life-or-death covert operation. A celebrated photographer who has created images for National Geographic for 18 years, Psihoyos captures the magnificence of the dolphins themselves and the ocean that surrounds them.
Official website: www.thecovemovie.com
Screening:
Sunday October 18, 2009, 12:30 PM, Bayfield 7 Cinemas
Sunday October 25, 2009, 6:00 PM, Imperial Cinemas
Awards:
- WINNER, DOCUMENTARY AWARD, FEATURE, GALWAY FILM FLEADH, 2009
- WINNER, AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST DOCUMENTARY, HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENARY FESTIVAL, 2009
- WINNER, AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST DOCUMENTARY, SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, 2009
- WINNER, AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST DOCUMENTARY, SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL, 2009
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