How My Octopus Teacher Depicts Healthy Masculinity
In My Octopus Teacher, documentary filmmaker Craig Foster models healthy masculinity by showing us a trusting, gentle, and emotionally fulfilling bond with an octopus.

Roommates Ing and Tarn are seniors at university, and they are friends. With the approach of their final semester, changes are afoot, especially for Tarn who is about to embark on a long journey and go to London. We drop in on their final days together as they prepare to say goodbye to people, places, and each other, see the way that friendships fill their worlds. and the bittersweet pain of seeing their world change.
In My Octopus Teacher, documentary filmmaker Craig Foster models healthy masculinity by showing us a trusting, gentle, and emotionally fulfilling bond with an octopus.
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