VIEWING CUE: The Cove

The Cove (Louie Psihoyos, 2009) is a contemporary documentary about a group of activists who overtly and covertly investigate a secret cove in Taijii, Japan, where they discover gruesome methods used to capture and kill dolphins.

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Discussion Questions

After watching this clip from The Cove, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

Question 1.

Would you describe the structural organization of this sequence from The Cove as cumulative, contrastive, or developmental? Or perhaps as a combination of more than one of those structures?

Question 2.

To what extent does the sequence emphasize showing or telling? And in the movement between the two, what seems to be its rhetorical aim? To explore, to interrogate or, to persuade? Do you find it successful? Why or why not?

VIEWING CUE: The Cove

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