Oscar-Winner "My Octopus Teacher" Explores Unique Human-Octopus Friendship | Amanpour and Company
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- Natural history filmmaker Craig Foster was burnt out and depressed when he decided to put his career on hold. He took up daily diving at home in Cape Town, South Africa, and it was in the ocean that he struck up an unusual friendship with a wild octopus. Filmed over an eight-year period, "My Octopus Teacher" documents this unique bond and the valuable lessons it taught about balance and connection to the natural world. The film won a best documentary BAFTA and an Oscar.
Originally aired on April 19, 2021.
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How anyone could watch this interaction between Craig & this wonderful octopus and not be monumentally changed is unfathomable. Best documentary ever!!! Thanks Christiane for introducing this film to your PBS audience.
I cried. I felt the connection like if i was there, like if i knew this creature. So amazing.
I still love calamari
A G R E E D to Judy
Absolutely, a beautiful film that led me to uncontrollable tears..
I agree.
We need more people willing to document their relationships with animals. We really know so little.
We know a lot about human beings and do you see our current status in the world ( wars , blood 🩸) ... leave nature along .....
I agree
My pet skunk decided I was his mother, and I found him palling around with toads and crabs, clearly assuming every thing he met would be totally unlike him, not that he ever looked in a mirror. I found him quite sensitive and smart.
I thought I saved the chicken that was being abandoned but it was her who saved me. I was so sad when she passed away because We had a connection there. I was so bonded with her. Our relationship is special. ❤️
Very brave octopus. Human beings, as a group, are the most dangerous animal on the planet.
We are here to codify life and mobilize it. Be proud. With all those nasty war toys we've built a space program to be proud of and all that will come in handy. It's a much bigger picture than you appear to think. We are fabulous.
You are so very correct. We humans have full awareness of how we are poisoning our home earth w all its other inhabitants. Yet we still trudge on w out changing our behaviors.
Chance, there’s help out they’re for you, if your feeling dangerous.
Have a good one:)
We humans threaten the very environment we call home. Will we ever learn to be harmony with nature?
@@leeboriack8054 We are as natural as everything else. Our job is to keep asteroids from hitting us and later to codify and transport life to another beautiful planet with a working Sun. No other creature can do this and we have fought many stupid wars to acquire the tools we will need, which makes us martyrs to the cause. The Plan is not ours, we just have to comply, like all the other creatures. How'd you like to eat dead insects and leaves for dinner all day long in the dark? If Nature didn't love us, there would not be so many, living longer than ever. Why? We need geniuses like crazy, and genetics is such a crapshoot we are over breeding to fine them. We're fabulous. That's what children need to hear. Our purpose is complex, but we're as natural as frogs. Just very different, that's all.
Oh how I love that movie documentary - Watched 13 times already ❤️
Oh how my heart could barely take it once
I watched it two weeks ago..had to see it straight through. It was amazing: the vibrant colors and beauty, plus the emotions. I found myself crying by the end.
I cried, too ❤
husband & I watched the documentary and cried like babies - it was so beautiful and you can't help but to fall in love w/ her and all the beauty in her environment and realizing how fragile we all are w/o our healthy planet and we're on a destructive trajectory and will destroy all the beauty on this planet as we destroy ourselves - it opened our eyes and hearts on a whole new level of conservation
Same I cried so much it hurt.
I imagine that most of us had the same reaction to this amazing documentary...
I see octopus dead in grocery shelves and it makes me sad and angry how humans reduce other living beings to “products” to be consumed, often killed with cruelty.
How about pigs, cows and other animals? Are these ok to be killed!? 😡
You do know every animal eats something living, right?
Don't be sad.. it's life.
We all consume one another in one or another. From plants to animals, we all need each other to survive.
Agreed. I feel the same way. I went with the feeling and became vegetarian. I’m so much happier for it. 😊
😢😢
This is by far the most beautiful thing I've seen in a L-O-N-G time. Thank you, Craig and Pippa and Hari! Can't wait to see the full film.
On Netflix
It is a fantastic film! Extremely moving!
@@patriciagrimaud2613 Netflix around the world or just the US? I chatted with Customer Service at Netflix, and all they could tell me was to sign up for the service. What frustration! How do I watch this film? I don’t want to sign up if I can’t see this film
I saw it. It is available in Chile. Wonderful. Loved it.
@@Copeewe available in Scandinavia too. Watched it 5 times and not done yet! It's a must-see
Such a moving film! Watching Craig shift emotionally as he allows himself to be intimate with nature through the octopus relationship is heart opening.
In 59 years and every relationship I’ve had with another species, I’ve come to realize that animals have a conscience and experience emotion! It may not be at the same level or intensity that we experience, but there is no doubt in my mind that they are intelligent creatures who have evolved and existed much longer than Homo sapiens. We have a lot to learn.
It takes a Special Human, to understand another animals boundaries, see their perspective, on their level, and obtain their acceptance👍🏼💕 Phenomenal!❤️
This really shows our understanding of animals, and their behaviors are just beginning.
Really wish human beings could love this way. From the beginning, human beings allow other human beings to be mistreated, murdered, and subjugated. I hope there is never a world built like this again. War and death all over the globe due to white supremacy/ racism. Who built nuclear bombs ? Who continues to grow and sell drugs on a mass level? Who started capitalism ? Hint - not your average citizen. Anyway , just my two cents.
@@stephdrake2521 Unfortunately, blaming all evil on "whitey" is the new face of racism. Not that I don' t think it's well earned. Nor do I find it is in any way the equal to what others have had to suffer through. But it is sloppy thinking and inherently racist by definition to condemn all people of one race to such a damning conclusion. It ignores that there have always been those who vigorously opposed the racist majority of the past, and whose constant pressure for equality was ultimately successful, although apparently unappreciated by many.
What an amazing animal documentary.❤❤❤
@@stephdrake2521 You are severely misinformed.
After seeing the film, I now have an almost Pavlovian response to cry, even just talking about it. This wonderful creature is now swimming fluidly in my meditations. She's my inspiration.
Jill Gaumet, your sentiment is so beautiful and touching! Isn't it wonderful when
something so special comes around and strengthens us? I wish you that your new inspiration will lead you into many wonderful meditation "experiences". Blessings
to you.
This creature became a star by accident or opportunity, but she changed the world by unconsciously being exactly what she was. And it was so beautiful, it has changed how we see her species. If humans could see the beauty in themselves, could we change how we see our species?
The film is amazing. I fell in love with the little octopus - cheering her escapes and (spoiler alert), tearing up over her passing. I look at marine animals completely differently now. Extraordinary film.
I fell in love with her too! One thing I learned from her is a reminder to include playing in my daily life. Just like when she was laying at the button of the ocean and playing with the fish around her.
I'm so glad you do!
I really wish I hadn't seen your comment or that you hadn't posted in the first place, your spoiler alert was insufficient.
@@Leguminator I am sorry. The film is genuinely amazing. It really is worth watching because it is so much more than just the ending.
I played with an octopus for about 40 minutes once, but I soon realized that it was playing with me. It was so curious (and not just to find out if I was some kind of food) - it really seemed like it was having fun (just interacting with me - sensing my intentions). That short encounter is something I will always remember (and appreciate). And just like Craig here, I too quickly formed an attachment to this little guy (which was about the same size as the octopus in this clip).
Those who know have known for some time that cephalopods have intelligence and insight beyond any other creatures. We must respect them (and never, ever eat them!)
I loved this movie. I had the best cry ever, that I probably needed at the time. Wonderful story.
Beautiful film that I hope everyone will have a chance to see.
Truly one of the best nature documentaries I’ve seen in a while. More documentaries should be made with this kind of depth and loving connection. It’s so important. It’s so touching.
Once I started, I could not stop until the end. It was very very moving. I am glad I have been a vegetarian for the last 30 years.
How many animals die to grow your veggies? You don’t know or care.
@@jimpryor99 , what about asking how many animals have to die each day for our meat consumption?
Where can I watch this?
Best film I've ever seen.
This film is AWESOME in every way. Perfect Oscar choice!
I didn’t know this existed and just happen to see this on Netflix last night !! Phenomenal!!! Came to UA-cam to see if something about the documentary was on here !! There’s no doubt I could feel her emotional connection to him … never seen anythg like this !! Laughing and crying during the experience of their relationship!! So thankful this was done for all to see !! That first touch was breathtakingly beautiful and surreal !! She’s obviously very emotionally mature .. I am amazed they have the capability!! In my mind there’s no doubt she’s emotionally attached!!!
I loved this little movie! I was expecting just a documentary film, but it was so much more than that! ❣
wow. This film was one of the best I have ever experienced. I still think about it--although I saw it when it first was shown in Netflix. For the first time, I re-watched a documentary--and will see it again.
I haved snorkeled in Red Sea coral reefs, and it is amazing, but somehow this film gave me a new perspective--of new facts, the dramatic stories, and in its reality: filmed close up and from a distance--I was there, with them.
Beautifully made, it almost haunts me.
Thank you so much, program makers, for the opportunity to gain more understanding.
I also love the way Hari interviews, with intelligent sympathy.
It’s in the movie but I think the most powerful part was that it taught Craig (and the rest of us vicariously through him) to be a part of nature and NOT as humans so typically do, as a spectator. I watched the movie with my 11 y/o son and it was a great experience 👍
I hope the people of Japan will watch this and stop eating octopus.
How about every other country? I'm vegan and don't eat any type of animal. But octopus is definitely on a lot of menus in America and many other places. Let's agree ALL animals: mammals, fish, birds, are sentient, feel pain, and deserve to live their life without the torture, exploitation, pain and subjugation that we believe we are entitled to impose. Please seriously consider exploring a vegan diet, for your health, the health of the animals and the planet. Suffering needs not be an ingredient in a delicious diet!
Especially alive all around. They are trying to farm them like in fisheries but they kill each other so in a way thats good because its a pity entrapping highly intelligent animals which will suffer. I know with mammals, the stress creates toxins and free radicals and thats what we put in our bodies
I hope you and all those who gave a thumbs up are vegan because otherwise it's kinda hypocritical. The way people eat cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, aren't they all sentient, feeling animals as well? Why is it only the people of Japan? The whole world exploits and force animals into suffering and torture for what's not even essential. If you can accept that it's hypocritical and acknowledge the suffering behind, then sure, keep eating meat.
@@sarahdee374
I’m vegan myself, I eat ,whitetail deer, squirrels & rabbits, vegan meat ,all natural.
@@snaggalfrash9013 maybe you're joking, but in case I'm missing something, but here is the definition of vegan:
"eating, using, or containing no food or other products derived from animals"
Everyone should see this to help themselves and their home.
Amen
I see this from October till January here in Louisiana, I’m also vegan, i hunt whitetail deer, squirrels & rabbits, vegan meat, all natural.
I love how this is the first americam interview that I've seen where people actually allow others to talk and finish talking. Without rudely interrupting. I wonder why
I find the octopus a fascinating creature and fell in love!
So beautiful xXxX CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR OSCAR ❤
This was such a soothing and enlightening series. Learned a lot. Felt better about my own burnout. Loved it!
Sending you flowers 💐💐💐💐💐
One of the best documentaries I've ever seen.
This is a must watch for all. One of the most beautiful documentaries ever.
The most stunning film, the most beautiful story. I have watched this film three times, and told at least a dozen people to watch it as well. Your heart will fill with love and gratitude as you watch this, as Craig shares this story. So impactful and inspiring. 🙏🏾
I feel so sorry for the newsman, when he asked "Do you remember that?" ; referring to the first physical contact with the octopus.
Sir, I hope someday you also recieve the gift of a close, wild animal contact.
I have had it happen 5 times with 5 seperate animals in my life and I can describe each one like it was yesterday.
It’s a breathtaking documentary. God is here in it.
I wish everybody in the world would see this film!! I cried at the end!!!
I cried too
Mesmerizingly beautiful; good luck at the Oscars:)!
Wonderful, and isn't this the kind of information all children need to see and discuss in schools. Now is the time....
I fell in love with that Octopus!😢💔
Beautiful , enlightening, inspiring film, thank you
Beautiful!
Yes! We as humans must realize that we share this planet with millions and millions of creatures !
Thank you!
This is an amazing experience to watch this beautiful relationship unfold. Craig Foster has opened up a new beginning to our understanding of creatures that we have little or no knowledge of. Well done Craig 👏👏👏👌💕
May God bless this group, saving our precious kelp forests. We might not see them from our houses, and they might not pop up on our twitter or pinterest, but we need them more..
Om goodness. What a beautiful, intelligent creature. Overlooked, or misunderstood, until now. Much like the wolf. ❤
I have watched so many of such documentaries, but this..this was was documentary of a LIFE TIME!!!! This is the MOST magical thing I have ever seen and I have learned SO MUCH!!!
I loved this film. I saw it a few months ago and was rocked by it. Beautiful Film. Worthy of all awards.
Incredible doc... it also made me cry
direct communion with the purest of emotions as sacred experience - macaws opened my heart so i could see the octopus also as divine
The film is so profound. I highly suggest watching. Heartwarming.
Beautiful story .
I watched this last night. OMG it is such a touching and beautiful story!!!!
Thank You so much Craig! I love this movie. What I care so much about is in this film. The great mind that exists and orchestrates all, how we can understand we are part and at home in nature; not just visiting ... and I fell in love with octopuses. Love, Love, Love.
A must watch! It’s incredible!
I watched this month's ago and cried it was so beautiful.
I absolutely enjoyed watching this documentary. The emotional connection that he shared with an animal that only lived for a little over a year was something I never thought I needed to see, but I did. To see the level of emotion coming from this man was much needed in an emotionally unavailable male world where emotion is considered a weakness or impractical. It was so moving and gave me hope for our future.
A most magnificent film, truly.
This beautiful film touched me very deeply. Thank you for creating it with octopus' teaching.
What a delightful article!
This was an amazing film! Thank you!
This was an unbelievable documentary. I cried I felt so connected and the OCTOPUS WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE. I will remember for the rest of my life.🙌🏻
This is a wonderful and moving film. So glad I watched it.
I promise to never again eat one!
This was the best documentary. Loved it and had many emotions throughout and I cried like a baby when she died. Broke me in that moment. So inspiring. They are absolutely amazing creatures ❤❤❤😢😢😢
This is life healing life, life teaching life. Beautiful example of what's all around us but that it may take a breakdown before we are ready to open our minds, hearts, and lungs in this case -- to learning how to live differently in a natural environment. Stunning! Thank you for his astonishing film. If only human beings would see each other this way -- wild kin, to be treated with respect and intelligence.
I just watched it. And cried. Deserves an Oscar for sure.
Loved this documentary movie so much. It laid bare the emotions that most of us do not get to experience in the marine world. Beautiful!
THE BEST PART IS HOW TOUCHING. VERY RARE, THE QUALITY!!!
Probably among the best films about life in general. And what an amazing creature..
Thank you. That was fantastic.
I will watch this documentary again and again. My Octopus Teacher is among my very favorites. Very very well done.
Alluring, uplifting, inspiring. A masterpiece. Thank you Craig and Pippa. Your film is surely one of the most beautiful and sensual experiences of the Covid year. So thrilled this mindful work has been so widely acknowledged 🏆and now with an Oscar. This alone gives hope that it resonated deeply with many human beings. May we all take it to the next level and garner respect and much greater care for these creatures and our resourceful ocean and planet.🦑❤️👌🏽
everything about this guy & this story is just amazing. very few people can & will EVER experience this & i'm very thankful he's shared this with the world. thk u for u.
This is just awesome and beautiful, I can't wait to watch it!
This was an incredibly beautiful movie. Not just because of the underwater footage, but because of the magical story between this patient, observant filmmaker and his unusual new friend. It was a revelation! Deeply moving.
The most beautiful documovie I experienced. Thank you for this gift of humanity. Gratitude. Unlimited. To be shared and enjoyed by everyone.
What a Beautiful Story touch my heart my soul thank you so much for you Wonderful job Blessings Thank You
Thank you, Craig and Pippa
I loved the movie!
Coincidentally the octopus has always been my favorite sea creature. This documentary was an absolute privilege to watch and marvelously done. The story was heartfelt and definitely made an impact on my respect for all animal's large and small. The only animal that should be feared are humans. We are a savage species with that kills for enjoyment and sport, how sad😞
One of my all time favorite documentaries! I thought from the show that those types only live for a year? And this talks about filming her over 8 years?
Life span is three years. I imagine they gathered a lot of supporting footage over the eight years. Most documentaries, especially nature docs, do not assemble footage in a strict timeline. I describe them as being truthful, if not strictly accurate. Footage from different times is assembled to tell a truthful story
Interesting observation, though a curiosity. I trust Craig and director Pippa she was the one octopus he had that unique relationship with. MAKING of films you must remember, has much to do with the writing, producing, money, shaping in editing, and post-production. Recall, as they said, those many discussions and angles whether they were going to attach it to one biodiversity cause or not? ALL of it took 8 years!! ANd no wonder, if you think what a fabulously crafted and visually stunning story the film tells!
Incredible beauty story, I fell in love with this intelligent creature
Just finished it on Netflix. I cried. How beautiful. And felt so many emotions for that little octopi. ☹️ What I took from this is every animal contributes to nature in some way. Keeps the world alive. Very fragile the earth is. Made me wonder, what are humans contributing? 🤔
Such a fascinating and heart changing documentary indeed.
I am so connected this documentary especially its first connection and last physical connecting hard to death in from of Craig amazing
Beautiful film, wonderful story, great interview
Those shells look like an art project.
I have watched this twice!
You have my full support! Thank you for doing your best to help save all species on the planet.
It appeared to me that Craig at one point allowed a shark attack that cost the octopus its arm - he said something about remaining at arms length from nature. My first thought was "what a b#st@rd" for making a friendship and allowing that to happen to his friend - for after all, we are part of nature too, and while an octopus just might understand some of the concept of friendship, eg that friends dont harm each other, so it's ok to interact with this human, it certainly can't understand the concept of virtue signalling.
But then I thought of how quickly the attack occured, and how it is unlikely that anything could've been done, unless Craig was so cold-hearted that he drew the octopus out of the den knowing the shark was nearby, hoping to get some dramatic footage. So in the end I don't know what to think.
I was friends of a sort with a North Atlantic wolf fish for several years until he or she disappeared about 30 years ago, it would visit and hang out with me whenever I was near its den, hoping to gain a snack from the underwater work I was doing.
Anyway, if you draw an animal from the safety of its den, to my mind you are responsible for its safety until it is back to its den. Otherwise you shouldn't be going around making friends with these animals and excusing yourself from responsibilityby saying we are somehow separate from the natural world. We aren't separate, we are part of it. That is why our actions are having such an impact.
A wonderful conversation! Thank you for sharing it!! 💙
remarkable film
I have never been so moved, so beautiful and amazing. Thank you Craig for this treasure 🐙
Thank you Craig ❤️
Always been interested in octupus, and then this documentery came along, watched it twice so now gona watch again
This film is a joyous celebration and appreciation of the diversity of life on the planet. Thank you, Ray Soyarez for this in-depth interview.
Wow amazing people the love between them is wonderful to see we need to be able to look at all animals and understand the have feelings and have every right to be on the plant .💖💖
I can tell when Hari loves an interview. He Smiles from ear to ear .... but not so much on social justice shows dealing with the mistreatment of human beings with black and brown skin.Please keep him assigned to nature shows. Let Michelle and Walter handle social justice and other vital interviews.
I had never seen Hari doing an interview so well. Could not agree with you more!
So here we are, a part of the great mind of Mother Earth, increasing our awareness of the greater Self, and finally moving toward affecting the change in our collective attitude that may allow us and our fellow creatures, plants, fungi, and microbes to survive and thrive-- before we destroy the whole of life on Earth as we know it. These people are noble leaders, and I’m deeply thankful for their dedication to our survival.
Such a beautiful movie I cried at the end such a wonderful animal
Such an interesting perspective on these sea animals. Craig is undeniably an amazing human being to develop such amazing bond with creature of the sea and he’s also such great story teller with calm and soothing voice. His kids must love story time with Dad. Excellent documentary.