There's no question where director/producer Dan Stone stands on the matter of Japan's incessant drive to kill whales under the guise of doing research in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary. After discovering the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's sometimes illegal efforts to stop whalers as the primarily Japanese fleets prowl the southern ice cap for whale pods, Stone placed a set of five alternating cameramen/cnematographers on two ships, The Farley Mowat and The Robert Hunter to make the documentary At The Edge of The World. As the activists searched for the whalers and engaged them in self-described "direct action" (sabotage, vandalism, etc.), his crew faced frighteningly cold conditions to capture the harrowing experiences of the conservationists. The under-trained and under-equipped international volunteer crew, under the command of long-time activist Paul Watson and first-time captain Alex Cornelissen, apply a combination of bizarre and...
- 9/30/2009
- by Brad Balfour
- Huffington Post
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