Has anyone heard of this documentary, THE COVE? It's making the rounds, I understand, and has won numerous audience awards at film festivals.
It deals with the slaughter of Japan's dolphins. It looks like a real find and when, and if, it opens here in Austin, it's my choice for a field trip for us AFA'ers ;)
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is anyone going? someone I know is going and plans to pass out literature...I take it Arbor is the only place it's playing???
whoops, it's at the arbor tonight. 2:30 4:50 7:10 9:40pm anyone going? i probably can't but i just wanted to remind everyone.
i remember someone saying that the cove was showing today. i don't see it on the alamo drafthouse calendar of any alamo theatre. was i mistaken?
Someone contacted me by e-mail and wanted to pass out literature outside the theatre for the opening of THE COVE. Would anybody be interested in helping out with this?
Here is my letter to the TIME editor for the review (short and sweet):
What an inspiring review of what could be an inspiring movie to get people more active..boy, it sure will be hard to watch this one...I'm shaking just after reading the review :(((
The current issue of TIME magazine (Aug. 10) has a positive review of THE COVE.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1913757,00.html
The man in the photo above is Ric O'Barry, who trained 5 dolphins for the TV series, Flipper, in the 60's. He is featured in this article. He is now an outspoken opponent of capturing and training dolphins for aquariums and for entertainment. The TV series is widely credited with helping start the demand for dolphins for entertainment.
The movie has won numerous awards including best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. You can watch the trailer for the movie by clicking here going to http://www.thecovemovie.com/.
It opens August 7th (next Friday) at the Arbor.
That would be so great!! Just keep me informed! So I can make it up to Austin!
I just realized there is not only a review of the Cove, but an interview with the director of the movie and the activist it follows. It's heartbreaking, but very informative.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111340010
There is a good review of this movie on Fresh Air today: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111366014 . You can read it or listen to it. It says this is a good activist documentary because it brings the issues to light and makes you want to join the fight. The review makes me want to see it and dread seeing it at the same time. I fear it will be like watching a wild dog being skinned alive in China, which left me feeling traumatized and helpless. This is happening so far aawy; what can we do? I wish we could make a thriller documentary that people would want to see about factory farming. There would be lots of action then.
I thought the same thing when I saw that...maybe we should let them know that somehow?
I am familiar with this movie and I agree -- it looks really interesting. They showed a preview for it when we saw Food, Inc. I would like to see it when it is shown in Austin.
Despite their noble intentions, I must say I am still disappointed that in their list of Five Things You Can Do Now they include Choose the safest fish to eat along with a link to a seafood guide on the web site of Monterey Bay Aquarium.
It doesn't make much sense to risk theirr lives trying to prevent the capture and slaughter of one species and then promote the capture and slaughter of numerous other species.
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