Winter 2010 Tribeca Youth Screening Series: Docs on the Shortlist Junior

The series is a year-long presentation of films that serve NYC public schools students and teachers with access to free, relevant and challenging films. Each screening is followed by a discussion, Q&A or workshop.  In January, February and March, TFI will present three outstanding documentaries that have been shortlisted for Academy Award nominations.  Screenings are held at Tribeca Cinemas, located at 54 Varick Street.

March 24th 2010, 11:30am The Cove

A film by Louie Psihoyos

In the 1960s, Richard O'Barry was the world's leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program Flipper. Day in and day out, O'Barry kept the dolphins working and the television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. The Cove, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O'Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovered were only the tip of the iceberg.