Fundraiser for Orca Relief: The Cove shows tonight….
Posted August 25, 2009 at 8:39 am by Ian Byington
Shane over at Orca Relief says there’s a movie tonight you won’t want to miss:
The award-winning film The Cove will show on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 7:00pm at the Palace Theatre as a fundraiser for Orca Relief Citizens’ Alliance. The film’s director, Louie Psihoyos, will be at the showing. Psihoyos is also the Executive Director of the Oceanic Preservation Society.
There will be a reception with the director after the movie at The Bluff Restaurant and Bar at Friday Harbor House. Tickets are available by contacting Shane Elben at 378.8628 or [email protected]. Ticket prices are $15 for the movie only, and $50 for the movie and reception.
“The Cove,” a heartbreaking documentary, describes how Richard O’Barry, director Louie Psihoyos and a team of adventurers penetrated the tight security around the Taiji cove and obtained forbidden footage of the mass slaughter of dolphins… a certain Oscar nominee,” said Roger Ebert.
The Cove is the winner of The Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival, Hotdocs Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Maui Film Festival, and Silver Docs Film Festival, The Golden Space Needle at Seattle International Film Festival, Best Feature Documentary at Galway, Ireland Film Festival, Best Feature Film at Nantucket Film Festival, Truly Moving Film at Heartland Film Festival, Best Storytelling at Nantucket Film Festival, Best in Festival and Best Theatrical at Blue Ocean Film Festival, and Winner at Newport Beach Film Festival. The trailer is available at www.thecovemovie.com.
Orca Relief Citizens’ Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Orca Relief was the first organization to predict the decline in Southern Resident Whales, and the first to conduct research on what is killing that whale population. Their goal is to educate the public of behaviors that are advancing the decline of the Southern Resident Orca population, in order to stop the decline. For information on Orca Relief, go to www.orcarelief.org.
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