"My Octopus Teacher (2020) directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed" by Maughn Gregory
 

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My Octopus Teacher combines a carefully structured love story with astonishing information about undersea life, documenting a year of encounters between a photographer and an octopus. It is important as a non-standard love story and as a reflection on the possibility of deep connection with non-human creatures.

Publication Date

2025

Publisher

Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children

City

Montclair

Keywords

death, difference, documentary film, friendship, love, oceanography, octopuses, storytelling, understanding

Disciplines

Education | Environmental Education | Oceanography | Philosophy

My Octopus Teacher (2020) directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed

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