Japanese Politicians Not Happy with 'Cove' Oscar Victory
Add another Oscar critic to the pile. Kazutaka Sangen, the mayor of the Japanese city of Taiji — site of the Oscar-winning documentary film “The Cove” — took to the media yesterday to attack the film’s victory in the Best Documentary category at the Oscars.
“This film has mistakes of fact,” he said at a press conference. “I’m surprised that it won the award even though its content is not truthful.”
The Cove documents the mass slaughter of dolphins for meat, which is then sold to the Japanese market under the guise of whale meat.
Variety reports
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