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Article: Exposing a Secret Slaughter
- Article from:
- American Cinematographer
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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Filmmakers, activists and other experts join forces on The Cove, a documentary that exposes the brutal killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.
When director Louie Psihoyos decided to bring Colora do -based cinematographer Brook Aitken aboard The Cove as the director of photography, he weighed Aitkens agility and athleticism as carefully as he did his technical expertise. "We needed people who were like pirates because we were essentially breaking and entering," says Psihoyos.
The target was a heavily guarded cove in Taiji, Japan, where local fishermen slaughter an estimated 2,300 dolphins every year as part of an effort to locate bottlenose females, which are in demand at marine parks around ...