Whaling is internationally prohibited. Yet whales are still hunted in Europe. Why is this? After years of research, filmmaker Michael Nieberg managed to capture a Norwegian whaling ship with his camera. He spares the viewer the bloodiest images, but shows how whaling works and the interests behind it. The author takes neither the side of the whale conservationists nor the whalers, but instead attempts to present a neutral picture of the current whaling situation in Europe, even taking a look at Iceland. Can maybe tourism help to save the whales?
Director Biography – Michael Nieberg
In 1994, Nieberg founded 6w Film and Television Production in Münster, Germany, which he has managed together with Natascha Nieberg since 1995. Clients include WDR, NDR, ARD, ZDF, RTL, and stern-TV. Nieberg specializes in consumer issues and investigative reporting, directing over 80 feature-length documentaries and reports. He has worked on commission for television programs by Günther Jauch, Frank Plasberg, Steffen Seibert, Steffen Hallaschka, Christian Rach, and Johannes B. Kerner. Due to the often socially relevant topics in the areas of business and socio-political issues (locusts as landlords, manure in drinking water, plagiarism, scandals in the meat industry), Michael Nieberg now also appears as a speaker, moderator, and panelist.
