The Cove Analysis

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The Cove is a 2009 documentary directed by Louie Psihoyos and written by Mark Monroe. The film documented a former dolphin trainer and activist Ric O’ Barry who is trying to expose a horrible secret – the dolphin hunting in Taiji, Japan. The secret that 23,000 dolphins and whales are killed in Japan every year because of the whaling industry in this small town and the Japanese public do not even realize this. At the beginning of the documentary, the filming team was travelling to Taiji, Japan with Ric O’ Barry, a small town that seems to be loved dolphins and whales. However, there is an isolated cove near the town which surrounded by many wire fences and the local fishermen always tried to keep the public and the foreigners away. These