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Aug 17, 2018 · A Whale of a Tale. Louis Psihoyos' 2009 anti-whale hunting film “ The Cove ” was one of the most successful activist documentaries of all time, if you count getting the world's attention as one of its main goals. Not only did it win the Oscar for Best Documentary, but one of the protestors in the film about stopping whaling in Japan, Ric O ...
Aug 17, 2018 · A Whale of a Tale: Directed by Megumi Sasaki. With Jay Alabaster, Atsushi Nakahira, Rick Oliver, Atsuko Sakuma. The camera delves into the lives of local whalers, global activists and an American journalist in the "whale and dolphin killing town" of Taiji, Japan, revealing not everything is as black and white as it seems.
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- Megumi Sasaki
- 2018-08-17
Aug 16, 2018 · 1h 37m. By Jeannette Catsoulis. Aug. 16, 2018. Presented as a counterweight to “The Cove” — Louie Psihoyos’s Oscar-winning 2009 documentary about dolphin capture and slaughter in Taiji, Japan —...
- Megumi Sasaki
- Jeannette Catsoulis
- 97 min
Jul 14, 2018 · In 2010, Taiji, a sleepy fishing town in Japan, suddenly found itself in the worldwide media spotlight. The Cove, a documentary denouncing the town’s longsta...
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Nov 13, 2018 · Watch trailer. Genres: Documentary. Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes. Subtitles: English. Availability: Worldwide. In 2010, THE COVE, a documentary denouncing longstanding whale and dolphin hunting traditions, won an Academy Award®.
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- Giant Pictures
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Aug 17, 2018 · Can a proud 400-year-old whaling tradition survive a tsunami of modern animal-rights activism and colliding forces of globalism vs. localism? A Whale of a Tale reveals the complex story behind the ongoing debate.