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The Cove, documentario che dà visibilità alla pratica segreta della caccia ai delfini in Giappone, è diretto da Louie Psihoyos. Il regista della National Geographic Society rivela la scioccante attività legata alla mattanza dei mammiferi marini in una baia nel territorio di Taiji, una delle più protette e nascoste insenature dell'arcipelago giapponese.The Cove, documentario che dà visibilità alla pratica segreta della... more
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Scott West and his Cove Guardian associates are safe, but experienced a powerfully heart wrenching 24 hours while the town they so often worked in was swept out to sea.
There is video of the Tsunami attached to Scott's account of their hours after the earthquake, in the attached link.
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-110312-2.htmlScott West and his Cove Guardian associates are safe, but experienced a powerfully... more
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In the 1960’s, Richard O’Barry was the world’s leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program Flipper. Day in and day out, O’Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. THE COVE, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O’Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovere ...
http://www.thecovemovieuk.com/thecove.htmlIn the 1960’s, Richard O’Barry was the world’s leading authority on... more
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In the 1960’s, Richard O’Barry was the world’s leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program Flipper. Day in and day out, O’Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. THE COVE, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O’Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovere ...
http://www.thecovemovieuk.com/In the 1960’s, Richard O’Barry was the world’s leading authority on... more
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In the 1960’s, Richard O’Barry was the world’s leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program Flipper. Day in and day out, O’Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. THE COVE, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O’Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovere ...
www.vertigofilms.comIn the 1960’s, Richard O’Barry was the world’s leading authority on... more
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A crew from the movie "The Cove" used hight tech camera's and spy gadgets to track elusive dolphin killers for a documentary.
The movie depicts a hunt in the waters off Taiji, Japan, where at least 2,000 dolphins are killed every year, with a few caught and sold to aquariums. The meat, containing toxic levels of mercury is sold to people, often passed off as whale meat. Dolphin killing receives less attention than whale hunts, but many scientists say their death is every bit as tragic.
Like other cetaceans, dolphins appear capable of such high-level cognition that in some ways they might be considered people. Their neurological systems of emotion and social communication are highly developed. Some researchers think their high-pitched vocalizations may contain aspects of language. They may even have names for each other.
Among the most vocal critics of dolphin hunting and capture is Ric O’Barry, who trained the animal stars of the TV show Flipper in the 1970s. It was O’Barry who convinced National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos to make a film about the killing in Taiji, from which only fragmented accounts of the hunt had previously emerged.
Though the town itself is adorned with statues of dolphins, and sidewalks are embedded with tiles containing their likenesses, the killing takes place in a carefully guarded cove. Technically it’s a national park, but even Japanese citizens can’t enter the park during hunting season.
“The cove is like a fortress. It’s protected on three sides by steep cliffs. To get in, you need to go through a natural tunnel system that’s protected by a dog and a sensor. Ric said you’d need a Navy SEAL team to get in there. I said that I didn’t know any Navy SEALs, but I did know Mandy-Ray Cruickshank,” said Psihoyos.
Cruickshank is one of the world’s top freedivers, able to dive 300 feet and come back up under her own power, capable of holding her breath for six minutes. She and freediver trainer Kirk Krack joined the team, swimming into the cove at night to install and retrieve cameras.
Read the full article to find out other ways they surveillanced the killers.A crew from the movie "The Cove" used hight tech camera's and spy... more
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This wasn't a great summer. It rained too much in the east and not enough in the west. And the movie choices were often disappointing. Still, Filmsoundoff critics were able to come up with five films that tickled their fancy. One was called "not only the best summer movie of 2009, it may be the best summer movie of all time. It will make you want to fall in love."
Can you guess which? Contrarian points of view are invited in the comments section on line.This wasn't a great summer. It rained too much in the east and not enough in the... more
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Click the link above for a 20-minute podcast discussion of the new, beautifully shot 'stop the killing of dolphins' documentary The Cove.
Does it deserve all the awards it's been winning at festivals, or is it just a commercial you have to pay for?, (that also displays a strange blind spot concerning the lives of the Japanese fishermen it's destroying?)Click the link above for a 20-minute podcast discussion of the new, beautifully shot... more
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