The Cove, 2009 (grade A-)

Director: Louie Psihoyos

Topic: Dolphins
Awards?  -yes Sun Dance (audience choice / documentary) and an Academy Award for best documentary

sez says: shame on you Japan. What a story. Dolphins are being slaughtered for no good reason. They are caught to be sold to sea-world circus type attractions. The ones not chosen for this profession are killed in mass and are being sold as 'whale' meat (they are a type of whale) to the Japanese people, Their meat is full of mercury--so they are poison to those who do consume them.  This is a documentary that tells how the proof of  these allegations has been brought to public attention. This is Activist Film Making -- It only tells one side...but that side would be hard to counter, No doubt that is why the Japanese are so adamant about trying not to let anyone know about this practice. And why these film makers had to go to such extremes to get the proof they present here.  Not for the squeamish  (Grade A-)