Director of the “The Cove” plans to attend screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival but he could be arrested
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Louie Psihoyos, director of the award-winning documentary “The Cove” plans to attend the film screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival but he could be arrested.
Japanese police say Psihoyos, who is also a National Geographic photographer, and other members of his crew violated trespassing laws when they documented the hunt in the seaside town of Taiji, where 2,000 dolphins are killed every year, mostly to be sold as meat.
The film shows fishermen on small boats banging on poles to frighten the dolphins into a cove, where they are then killed with spears. The cove is closed off by barbed wire, and the film crew had to film much of the footage covertly.
Festival chief Tom Yoda told reporters this week that he would hold the film’s producers accountable for any possible problems at the screening. He refused to elaborate.
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