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TOKYO — Louie Psihoyos, the Boulder director of “The Cove,” said Thursday that a decision by a U.S. military base in Japan to ban the Oscar-winning film on dolphin killings and protests at the local distributor’s office won’t silence the film’s message on saving dolphins.
“The Cove” documents the bloody bludgeoning of dolphins by fishermen in the western seaside Japanese town of Taiji. It won best documentary at this year’s Academy Awards.
The U.S. Air Force Yokota Air Base, west of Tokyo, decided last week to cancel the screening at its on-base theater to be “sensitive to local political and cultural concerns,” a base spokesman said. The Associated Press
