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JJ79JJ79 Movie Review: THE COVE
by JJ79 in JJ79 Blog
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"No matter how many times Richard O'Barry or any of the participants in The Cove talk about mass dolphin slaughter, watching the sea turn red from above and below the surface is a gut-wrenching experience. On the southern coast of Japan, a town has a well-guarded secret: they trap dolphins and quite simply kill them. Why? Flipper trainer O' Barry and his companions allege a government conspiracy telling the fishe " [More]
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"MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center have released the schedule for New Directors/New Films, and as in the past, it’s heavy on films that recently played Sundance, including award winners (Push, W " [More]
Aaron_PeckAaron_Peck Review: The Cove
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"This is the first documentary that I’ve seen at Sundance thus far, and it was worth it. If you have any heart or feeling in your soul you will connect with this film…that is unless you live in Taiji, Japan. The Cove focuses on one tiny secluded piece of water in the town of Taiji, Japan where every year fisherman with large boats channel thousands of dolphins into a secluded bay. Here in the bay dolphins are sold to trainers from dolphin shows around the world. Th " [More]
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"This year’s Sundance featured firsthand accounts of human rights violations in Darfur (Reporter), Tibet (Tibet in Song) and Burma (Burma VJ), so what does it say about me that the documentary t " [More]
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"The Cove takes documentary into new territory. Think of it as covert ops for the good of the world. These passionate people put themselves at risk to tell us a series of ugly truths that we all need to hear. The movie is extremely well done, the story is gripping, and the courage of the filmmakers is evident. The Cove uncovers a dark side of the popularization of human interaction with dolphins, dolphin shows, and swim with dolphin programs: the dolphins who aren't chosen are " [More]
 

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