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date: '2021-01-19 09:40:44'
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*'I realised I was changing. She was teaching me to become sentitised to the other. Especially wild creatures.'*
*'You slowly start to care about all the animals. Even the tiniest little animals… you realise that everyone is very important.'*
*'What she taught me was to feel that you are a part of this place, not a visitor.'*

I was browsing films and programmes on Netflix last night and suddenly a man with an octopus in water caught my eye. Having been fascinated by octopuses since I read about their lives last month, I was quickly lured to this documentary My Octopus Teacher. Wow. It was the most moving nature film documentary I have ever watched. By far.

My Octopus Teacher is about a strange and yet beautiful friendship between a filmmaker Craig Foster and an octopus. Being burnout, depressed and __ with his family relationships, Craig took a career break and came back to his hometown, Cape Town. One day, while swimming in a kelp forest, he stumbled across a 'ball' that was covered with shells and stuff. It was an octopus. He decided to come visit her every day.

While watching it, various emotions were triggered. I was intrigued, empowered, happy, sad.. 

Ehrlich, P., & Reed, J. (Directors) & Foster, C. (Producer). (2020). My Octopus Teacher [Motion picture]. Netflix.