Movie #2136 ........................."My Octopus Teacher" (netflix streaming)

 Movie #2136 "My Octopus Teacher" (netflix streaming)This is the last documentary that I watched that is  nominated for an academy award this year,  and the whole time I was watching it, I wondered:  How are they filming this?  Unbelievable!  You have to see it to believe it.  It is an unusual relationship this swimmer  fosters with an octopus, and he learns so much about it and the world under water, which he passes on to the viewers if they can sit through the 300+ days he moves under the water to meet up with his mentor.  Just a few things you can see the octopus do:  catch a crab, use the swimmer to hide behind to get his target, run away from a shark, mate, have kids and eventually.....die. This doc just won the Bafta award, and it is, indeed, worthy of honor to me, but I just don't think the oscar will go to it --- my bet is on the "Collective" --- but personally, I enjoyed the Mole Agent the most --- but I don't usually pick the right one in this category.  I'd give this a 4 out of 5.  PS if you are interested in documentaries , all of these are available to watch (for free, I think). and they are all a tad too long!  But I always say that! 

"MY OCTYPUS TEACHER"       documentary    1 hour and 20 mins      2020

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.

Directors:

 Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed

Writers:

 Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed

Stars:

 Craig Foster, Tom Foster