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LIVEMAGS.NET FEBRUARY>>10 31 GREEN SCENE EDITOR ANA ROTHWELL ana@rothwellpromotion.com THE COVE Richard O'Barry, Flipper's dolphin trainer from that popular 1960s television show, is on a mission to rectify the consequences of capturing dolphins for entertainment… and slaughter. After guiding and communicating with five dolphins who played Flipper, one special dolphin, Kathy, voluntarily stopped breathing – committing suicide – after she came up to him for a last stroke of affection. O'Barry attributes her depression to being held in captivity, and he has since become an international spokesperson for keeping marine mammals in their natural habitat. In the company of no-nonsense director Louie Psihoyos and executive producer Jim Clark, they recruit a team of renegade activists to uncover how dolphin pods disappear in Taiji, Japan. In The Cove, this little "ocean-worshipping" town does not welcome questions about its sea mammals, but its fishermen will furtively put mercury-poisoned cetacean meat on the market. The creators of The Cove go to unparalleled measures to document the happenings that were hidden by Japan's government, from its citizenry and the world. Aided by special effects and military intelligence specialists, and divers who have world records for holding their breath underwater, they sneak infrared, camouflaged and flying cameras into Japan to record dolphin abuse, risking their lives and freedom. A powerful documentary exposing the slaughter in a Japanese village. Writer>>TOVA MORRISON iNterVieW>>ANA ROTHWELL