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The Cove

Documentary and Nonfiction Film

The Cove is a 2009 documentary directed by Louis Psihoyos, following former dolphin trainer Richard O'Barry and a team of activists and filmmakers as they use hidden cameras and underwater equipment to document the annual dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, Japan. The film combines the covert-filming footage with interviews on the dolphin captivity industry and international whaling and dolphin-hunting politics. The Cove won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and is widely regarded as a landmark of investigative, activist-driven documentary filmmaking.

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Classification
Original Language
English 1
Original Language
Japanese 1
Award
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film 1
Award
Genesis Award 1
Award
Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary 1
Release Year
2009 1
CountrySourced to the subject's own account
United States 2
Connections

Created By

Louie Psihoyos, Figures
Source The Cove (film) (Wikipedia)

In Medium

Film, Media Forms
Source The Cove (film) (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, originated there.
  • Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
  • Also in Language Atlas: Japanese, original language there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: The Cove
Wikidata Q1211833, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. The Cove (film) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • lead paragraph
    The Cove is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Louie Psihoyos that analyzes and questions dolphin hunting practices in Japan.
  • lead paragraph, original language
    The Cove is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Louie Psihoyos that analyzes and questions dolphin hunting practices in Japan.
  • Created By: Louie Psihoyos, Article lead sentence
    The Cove is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Louie Psihoyos that analyzes and questions dolphin hunting practices in Japan.
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The Cove (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
  • Wikidata P166: Genesis Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Genesis Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary.
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