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.

Revisit the events of December 9, 1965, in the rural community of Kecksburg, Pa., when a strange object fell from the sky one night, prompting a military visit within days, much to the shock of the locals. This absorbing documentary explores the peculiar media response to the incident, examines the secret transfer of the object to an Air Force base in Ohio, and interviews 21 witnesses, who describe their own memories of that strange night.
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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