Octopus: Making Contact now streaming on PBS Nature

We are thrilled to announce the broadcast of Octopus: Making Contact directed by Mirabel Pictures Creative Director Anna Fitch. The film follows the relationship between Heidi, an octopus, and Dr. David Scheel, a professor of marine biology at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, who brings Heidi into his home to live with him and his 16-year-old daughter Laurel.  The film first aired on BBC2 last month and will be available on PBS’ acclaimed Nature series until October 31st, 2019.

The documentary has received rave reviews and been featured in a number of publications, from the New York Times, the Intelligencer, among others. Melanie McFarland from Salon wrote: “We’ve gotten so used to finding comfort in experiencing tiny corners of nature from a place of distance remove, brought to us by live camera feeds or lushly edited recordings productions that it’s almost easy to accept the loss of these miracles as inevitable.  But ‘Octopus: Making Contact’ demonstrates the value and worth of bringing the earth’s alien ambassadors into our midst to better understand their uniqueness, and in doing so, champion their existence.”

Check out a clip from the film here and to stream the film, go to the PBS Nature site here.

Director Anna Fitch at Television Critics Association press event.