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An underwater friendship published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30 My Octopus Teacher. NETFLIX My Octopus Teacher recently won the Best Documentary category at the Academy Awards, which may be a huge surprise for many. This story of a man and his unlikely friendship with an octopus in the cold ocean off Cape Town, South Africa triumphed over other heavy hitters this year like Alexander Nanaus Collective, a shocking exposé of needless deaths in Romania; Time, a film about a...

“My Octopus Teacher” Oscar win is complicated for South Africa Quartz 1 hr ago Liani Maasdorp © Provided by Quartz Pippa Ehrlich, Marlee Matlin, and James Reed, winners of the award for Best Documentary Feature for The Best Documentary Feature gong for My Octopus Teacher at this year’s Academy Awards has been seen by many critics as the type of underdog story Oscar loves. The film, directed by Pippa Erlich and James Reed, was—like the other South African-themed do...

Modi’s BJP suffers election loss amid coronavirus crisis By The World staff © R S Iyer/AP Indian policemen guard at a vote counting center for the state legislature elections amid a weekend lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus Kochi, India, May 2, 2021. Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here. Amid an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party suffered a defeat on Sunday...

Academy Award winning documentary, ’My Octopus Teacher’, does a world of good for ocean conservation

My Octopus Teacher Oscar win great boost for South Africa tourism Apr 29, 2021  Johannesburg, RSA — South African excellence was on display at the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles last night with the acclaimed Netflix documentary, My Octopus Teacher, winning an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature Category.  The documentary is set in the False Bay area in Cape Town and focusses on the intimate relationship between, independent film maker, Craig Foster and an Octo...

iAfrica Image: My Octopus Teacher Share with your network! South African excellence was on display at the 93 rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles with the acclaimed Netflix documentary, My Octopus Teacher, winning an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature Category. The documentary is set in the False Bay area in Cape Town and focusses on the intimate relationship between, independent film maker, Craig Foster and an Octopus,...

Local octopus expert part of Oscar winning documentary Poll Yes By Herald on April 29, 2021. Craig Foster interacts with an octopus in a scene from the Academy Award winning documentary “My Octopus Teacher.” The University of Lethbridge’s Jennifer Mather had a role as a scientific advisor for the production. (Netflix via AP) Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald She didn’t win the Oscar herself but Jennifer Mather can still celebrate after serving as scientific advisor on the Academy Award wi...

Angela Bassett, earing and fashion detail, attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images) This year, with shrinking audiences and pandemic restrictions, there was a bitter irony in the fact women won more Oscars, across new and highly visible categories, than ever before.  The intimate Oscars ceremony (with only 170 VIP guests at LA’s Union Station) meant a reduced red carpe...

Our World in Pictures: Week 17 of 2021 [caption id="attachment_906830" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] © Provided by Daily Maverick Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) greet each other before U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_906831" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] © Provi...

If ever an underwater adventure doc cried out for IMAX 3D, it’s this, but for now, let’s be thankful that we had a chance to visit this kingdom of strange and exotic animals. The emphasis here is on the vulnerability of life. Craig Foster is a South African documentary filmmaker and co-founder of the Sea Change Project. You’ve heard of Spider-Man’s arch foe, Doc Ock? How about an oc-doc, possessed of such humanity and awareness that it turns out to be the definitive (only?) film on the ...