Megumi Sasaki (ä½ ã€…æœ¨ 芽ç"Ÿ Sasaki Megumi, born 1962) is a
Japanese filmmaker and writer. Her films include Herb and Dorothy,
Herb & Dorothy 50x50, and A Whale of a Tale.Born in Sapporo, she moved
to New York City in 1987 and later worked for NHK as a
reporter.Sasaki's 2008 film Herb & Dorothy followed art collectors
Herbert and Dorothy Vogel to document how they chose artwork for their
collection. Five years later Sasaki released Herb & Dorothy 50x50,
which tracked the progress of the Vogels' efforts to donate fifty
pieces from their collection to each of the fifty US states, but which
the Los Angeles Times called "less personal than the earlier
documentary".Sasaki's 2018 film A Whale of a Tale is a documentary
about the Taiji dolphin drive hunt. It was created as a response to
The Cove and includes perspectives from Japanese fishermen as well as
activists. Sasaki claims that she decided to make the film when she
saw The Cove win an Academy Award. The New York Times called the A
Whale of a Tale "a rambling blend of complaint, tourism and straw-men
arguments" while The Hollywood Reporter praised it for delivering "a
thoughtful riposte to The Cove even while providing plenty of
opportunity for those opposed to the practice of killing or capturing
whales and dolphins to make their case". A nonfiction book by Sasaki
with the same title as the film was published by Shueisha in 2017.
Japanese filmmaker and writer. Her films include Herb and Dorothy,
Herb & Dorothy 50x50, and A Whale of a Tale.Born in Sapporo, she moved
to New York City in 1987 and later worked for NHK as a
reporter.Sasaki's 2008 film Herb & Dorothy followed art collectors
Herbert and Dorothy Vogel to document how they chose artwork for their
collection. Five years later Sasaki released Herb & Dorothy 50x50,
which tracked the progress of the Vogels' efforts to donate fifty
pieces from their collection to each of the fifty US states, but which
the Los Angeles Times called "less personal than the earlier
documentary".Sasaki's 2018 film A Whale of a Tale is a documentary
about the Taiji dolphin drive hunt. It was created as a response to
The Cove and includes perspectives from Japanese fishermen as well as
activists. Sasaki claims that she decided to make the film when she
saw The Cove win an Academy Award. The New York Times called the A
Whale of a Tale "a rambling blend of complaint, tourism and straw-men
arguments" while The Hollywood Reporter praised it for delivering "a
thoughtful riposte to The Cove even while providing plenty of
opportunity for those opposed to the practice of killing or capturing
whales and dolphins to make their case". A nonfiction book by Sasaki
with the same title as the film was published by Shueisha in 2017.
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