Essays on The Cove

Introduction It has now been eight years since the Oscar-winning film ‘The Cove’ sent the small, isolated community of Taiji into the midst of an ever-growing controversial debate surrounding the slaughter of 2047 dolphins and the captivity of 58 dolphins for human entertainment over the…

The Cove documentary works to give logistical evidence against the corrupt practices in Taiji. The background information on what occurs in Taiji that the public isn’t aware of, is explored and explained much further as the film progresses. It is argued that little action has…

Introduction From training dolphins for the famous American TV Series, Flipper, to now being an activist for these mammals, Ric O’Barry has been playing a major role in trying to uncover a dirty secret that is performed by the Japanese fishermen. “The Cove”, an Oscar-winning…

Introduction The prime focus of this essay is to discuss the re-enactments of documentaries. For the purpose of analysis, two documentaries were selected that includes The Cove (2009) which is directed by Louis Psihoyos and Bowling for Columbine (2002) directed by one of the most…

A specific ideological understanding and declaration of solidarity with the goal of radical social-political transformation. “We realized that the important thing was not the film itself but that which the film provoked” – Fernado Solanas (1969). Social documentaries excel at telling complex societal problems and…

Goals and dreams are what drives a man and even a mouse to go forward on a journey, risking everything and anything all in an attempt to conquest their dream. Mice have a rather simple goal to simply survive and go forward, making sure that…