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My Octopus Teacher

2020

A weary filmmaker who begins free-diving daily in a cold South African kelp forest strikes up an extraordinary yearlong relationship with a wild octopus, and finds himself transformed. An intimate, Oscar-winning nature documentary.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from South Africa

This film is stop 10 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through South Africa. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps South Africa in the 196 country film challenge.