Join us this Thursday April 8th at 2pm EST for a free online talk with MY OCTOPUS TEACHER directors Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed moderated by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Rachel Grady. Currently available to watch on Netflix, the film recently won the PGA Award and is nominated for both the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Documentary.
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ABOUT THE FILM:
After years spent filming some of the planet’s most dangerous animals, Craig Foster was burned out and depressed, his family relationships in turmoil. He decided to put a halt to his career to reconnect with his own roots - the magical underwater world of the kelp forest off the coast of his hometown - Cape Town, South Africa. For nearly a decade, Craig went diving daily in the icy cold waters, ditching wetsuit and scuba rig in one of the most predator dense places on earth. The common octopus he met and tracked became first his subject, then his teacher, showing him things no human had ever witnessed. Shot over eight years, with 3000 hours of footage, My Octopus Teacher documents a unique friendship, interaction and animal intelligence never seen before.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:
Pippa Ehlrich (Director) is a natural history filmmaker and award-winning environmental journalist, specializing in the field of marine science and conservation. Ehrlich has worked with some of the world’s top marine researchers and underwater photographers and is editor of the acclaimed photographic book “Sea Change: Primal Joy and the Art of Underwater Tracking.” - Cody Corrall
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James Reed (Director) is a director, writer, and producer. He has directed the films My Octopus Teacher, Rise of the Warrior Apes, and Jago: A Life Underwater in addition to serving as writer and producer.
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ABOUT THE MODERATOR:
Rachel Grady is the co-director of Jesus Camp (Academy Award nominee), The Boys of Baraka (Emmy nominee), 12th & Delaware (Peabody Award winner), DETROPIA (Emmy winner), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016 Sundance Film Festival), One of Us (2017 Toronto International Film Festival), and the Showtime docuseries, Love Fraud, which had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently directing a film about journalists around the world for HBO.
Join us this Thursday April 8th at 2pm EST for a free online talk with MY OCTOPUS TEACHER directors Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed moderated by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Rachel Grady. Currently available to watch on Netflix, the film recently won the PGA Award and is nominated for both the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Documentary.
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ABOUT THE FILM:
After years spent filming some of the planet’s most dangerous animals, Craig Foster was burned out and depressed, his family relationships in turmoil. He decided to put a halt to his career to reconnect with his own roots - the magical underwater world of the kelp forest off the coast of his hometown - Cape Town, South Africa. For nearly a decade, Craig went diving daily in the icy cold waters, ditching wetsuit and scuba rig in one of the most predator dense places on earth. The common octopus he met and tracked became first his subject, then his teacher, showing him things no human had ever witnessed. Shot over eight years, with 3000 hours of footage, My Octopus Teacher documents a unique friendship, interaction and animal intelligence never seen before.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:
Pippa Ehlrich (Director) is a natural history filmmaker and award-winning environmental journalist, specializing in the field of marine science and conservation. Ehrlich has worked with some of the world’s top marine researchers and underwater photographers and is editor of the acclaimed photographic book “Sea Change: Primal Joy and the Art of Underwater Tracking.” - Cody Corrall
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James Reed (Director) is a director, writer, and producer. He has directed the films My Octopus Teacher, Rise of the Warrior Apes, and Jago: A Life Underwater in addition to serving as writer and producer.
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ABOUT THE MODERATOR:
Rachel Grady is the co-director of Jesus Camp (Academy Award nominee), The Boys of Baraka (Emmy nominee), 12th & Delaware (Peabody Award winner), DETROPIA (Emmy winner), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016 Sundance Film Festival), One of Us (2017 Toronto International Film Festival), and the Showtime docuseries, Love Fraud, which had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently directing a film about journalists around the world for HBO.