My Octopus Teacher
2020
****
Director: Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
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In 2018, South African filmmaker Craig Foster started free-diving in the waters of the Great African Seaforest. He met a young octopus and gradually developed an unusually close and profound connection to the creature. This Academy Award winning documentary tells a moving story about a fascinating and supremely intelligent octopus that helps a man get over depression. The underwater images (captured mostly by Foster) are breathtaking. However, this is not a nature documentary, and some people may object to Foster's endless narration, which can feel trite at times.
