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.

A town in the Catalan coast hosts two luxury schools: one for boys, run by Don Cesar, a man of antiquated customs, and a female one, run by two nuns, with modern ideas about education. They try to convince D. Cesar that boys and girls should have a healthy friendship. A finding by the sea is the perfect opportunity for students to prove that beautiful human relationship.
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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