‘A Taste of Whale’: New documentary examines a bloody tradition in the Faroe Islands

DENNIS HARVEY: A whale hunt tradition in the Faroe Islands that’s long been condemned by animal rights activists is given evenhanded examination in Vincent Kelner’s “A Taste of Whale.” This well-crafted French documentary does provide some of the grisly “massacre” footage seen in prior indictments of the seasonal “Grindadrap,” or Grind. But it also lets … Continue reading ‘A Taste of Whale’: New documentary examines a bloody tradition in the Faroe Islands