Back in October, I spoke with Ric O’Barry, the Flipper trainer turned dolphin defender featured prominently in The Cove, the documentary about the capture and slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. At the time, O’Barry was excited that the movie was coming out, finally exposing the travesty he had spent so much of his life trying to stop. Well, a lot has happened since then — including The Cove’s win of an Academy Award for best feature documentary. Notoriously, his acceptance segment was cut off when he hoisted a sign urging viewers to “TEXT DOLPHIN to 44144.”
On May 5, Tampa Bay gets a rare chance to hear from O’Barry in person at a special screening of The Cove at Muvico Baywalk (see box). The screening is a fundraiser for the Oceanic Preservation Society, helping O’Barry to continue his work saving dolphins. In advance of that event, I called O’Barry to talk about what has happened in Tajii since the film and its Oscar win.
In the interview, I ask him if the dolphin hunting has stopped, what he thought about an U.S. Military Base refusing to show the film, and a ton more. Check it out!
An Interview with Ric O'Barry
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