The Cove Film Analysis

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[Hack introduction music]
[…23,000 being wiped out every year, and it's not even acknowledged. – Dave Rastovich in The Cove, 00:25:30 – 00:25:35]
TOM TILLEY: Good evening Australia! Welcome back to another episode of Triple J Hack. I recently received the list of Academy Award nominees and was surprised to see a documentary titled The Cove nominated for Best Documentary Feature. This is going to be one of today’s topics, with the focus being – is the way The Cove has been produced, enough to create social change? To find out the answer I have invited renowned film critique and animal rights activist Chloe Fleming. Chloe, thank you for coming on today’s segment of Hack.
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CHLOE FLEMING: The Cove is trying to convince the readers that the slaughtering of dolphins is a social issue. But how authentic is what we are viewing? How do we know that anything in the film is truly what it is made out to be?
For those who haven't seen or heard of the documentary, The Cove focuses on a small seaside whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, called Taiji. The cast includes professional dolphin trainer Richard O’Barry, along with other activists working to expose the town’s annual ‘tradition’ of dolphin capturing. While some dolphins are sold to marine parks and dolphinariums, the majority are slaughtered and sold for meat. The Cove unpacks the origins of the trade, and Japan’s influence on the fishing industry attempting to stop the so-called inhumane events.
[“…and, they don’t have any dolphins. They have to have dolphins for their dolphin parks so they go buy ‘em in Taiji now." – Hardy Jones in The Cove, 1:02:58 – 1:03:08]
TOM TILLEY: We know that the issue in the documentary is dolphin slaughtering, but why do you think people may react to this certain issue? I’m asking this as the country’s track record is not so fabulous when it comes to taking a stance against social

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