THE COVE
"The Cove" follows an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers as they embark on a covert mission to penetrate a remote and hidden cove in Taiji, Japan, shining a light on a dark and deadly secret. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, including hidden microphones and cameras in fake rocks, the team uncovers how this small seaside village serves as a horrifying microcosm of massive ecological crimes happening worldwide.
2009, USA, 92 min.
Prod.: Paula Du Pre, Fisher Stevens
Script: Mark Monroe
Dir.: Louie Psihoyos
Music: J. Ralph
Edit.: Geoffrey Richman
Cast: Ric O’Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary of 2009
Louie Psihoyos (1957) Louie Psihoyos has been widely regarded as one of the top photographers in the world. He was hired directly out of college to shoot for National Geographic and created images for the yellow-bordered magazine for 18 years. He has been on contract for Fortune Magazine and shot hundreds of covers for other magazines including Smithsonian, Discover, GEO, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Rock and Ice. His work has also been seen on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Television and the History Channel. Museums and private collectors around the world have sought Psihoyos’ photography. With Jim Clark, he created The Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS), in 2005. The non-profit organization provides an exclusive lens for the public and media to observe the beauty as well as the destruction of the oceans, while motivating change. An ardent diver and dive photographer, he feels compelled to show the world the decline of our planet’s crucial resource, water.
Filmography The Cove (2009), The Singing Planet (2012).