Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed pose in the press room with the award for Best Documentary Feature for ‘My Octopus Teacher’ at the Oscars, in Los Angeles, the US, on April 25. Picture: REUTERS/CHRIS PIZZELLOwon the Oscar for Best Documentary Film feature early on Monday morning.
“In many ways this is a tiny personal story that played out in sea forest at the very tip of Africa, but on a more universal level I hope it provided a glimpse of a different type of relationship between human beings and the natural world.” In a difficult year, when many of us were stuck inside, feeling afraid and confused, a positive story that transports you to a magical world has a powerful appealdoes not use disturbing images of the degradation of the ocean and its creatures but gently lures the audience into a deep sense of wonder and compassion for the magical and biodiverse world of the Great African Sea Forest, where underwater tracker Craig Foster builds a profound relationship with a common octopus while diving near his...
“In a difficult year, when many of us were stuck inside, feeling afraid and confused, a positive story that transports you to a magical world has a powerful appeal. Parts of this story are universal to almost every person on Earth — love and friendship, and connection and hope,” Ehrlich said.
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