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Otherwise, read on, there is much happening in the world of OPS, The Cove and the oceans.

We have watched with horror as this environmental disaster unspools in slow motion. First from our Boulder studio, but finally on site with loaded cameras, because that is what we do. Director, Louie Psihoyos, cameraman Eric Abramson, Gina Papabeis and Sam Psihoyos (20 year old son of Louie) got down and dirty as they viewed the mess from many angles. Our blog post offers a brief impression of the current scene down there. Although there is already visual evidence of the oil leak, many sense that this is only the beginning of what the shores, water, population and wildlife will experience.

How do we get up each day, given the countless infractions we witness against our glorious planet? People do ask us that. And we sometimes wonder ourselves but I think Gina put it well in the post.

"We remain hopeful, because we have the power to create the change we so badly need. With The Cove, and now with our next film, we continue our mission of inspiring people to save the oceans."

The Cove has been seen globally by now in all nations but one, Japan. And efforts by our tireless distributor, Unplugged, had been met with resistance.

But now we hear that the show will go on. News broke this week that despite extremist pressure, The Cove will be screened in Japan within weeks.

We salute Takeshi Kato, the president of Unplugged for taking a bold stand. The challenge of getting an Oscar© award winning film into theaters has shifted to a dialogue of democracy and free speech.

So July 3, six theaters are scheduled to screen The Cove in Japan. Sixteen more are reviewing options.

Also, the major Japanese online video streaming service, Nico Nico Douga offered the film free to the first 2000 responses.

Things got a bit exciting last week as delegates from 88 nations headed to Morocco for this year's IWC gathering. Up for reveiw, the 24-year old moratorium on whaling which Japan was hoping to reverse.

Scandals emerged.

Stars came out.

In the end, a stalemate was reached, but the discussion of killing whales, for science or profit will continue.

OPS drafted an open letter to the IWC, calling for a return to dignity in this annual court.

Unfortunately, it is the only setting where the fate of whales is discussed, voted upon and hopefully enforced.

~Viki Psihoyos~