The Cove: a must see movie

Hi Everyone,
This summer I popped into a movie expecting a regular movie and was blown away by what I saw.
The movie was The Cove and it was described as a spy thriller. It turned out to be an extremely well made and moving documentary about the true story of a bunch of environmental activists who risk their lives to film the annual slaughter of over 20,000 dolphins in a small town in Japan.
The story has so many levels from the star Ric O'Barry who captured and trained Flipper and who has since dedicated his life to fight the industry of captive dolphins he helped create to the fact that the dolphin meat is highly toxic due to the levels of mercury in it yet the group slaughtering the dolphins were having it served in school lunches. There is also amazing footage of the most graceful human swimmers swimming with whales and dolphins, lots of humor, suspense, it is a great movie.
It is also a landmark use of media to expose an injustice (the murder of 20,000 self aware intelligent beings). It is an emotional roller coaster but it is worth the watch!
If you do not want to see it you can at least check out the trailer HERE and do your part to help stop the slaughter.
In the movie they also discuss the wonders of dolphins, the politics behind the international Whaling Commission, and the dispel the myth that this is a cultural practice in Japan.
Check out another clip about mercury in meat and meat in Japan from the movie: mercury clip


check out the website for the movie

danny