LAST LIONS [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Documentary, Special Interest
• Plot: Fleeing a raging fire and a rival pride headed by a dangerous cub-killing lioness Silver Eye, Ma di Tau (Mother of Lions) and her fragile cubs must makes their perilous escape by swimming a crocodile-infested river. Remote Duba Island is both a refuge and a strange new world for Ma di Tau and her cubs to conquer. On Duba, Ma di Tau must face off with the island's herd of fierce buffalo whose huge, slashing horns are among the most dangerous weapons in Africa. Although the buffalo are one of her biggest threats, they are also one of her best hopes for survival if she can prevail over them. Yet, even as Ma di Tau faces devastating loss and escalating perils, she becomes part of a stunning turning point in the power dynamics on Duba Island, bringing together a competitive rival pride in a titanic primal bid to preserve the thing that matters most: the future of their bloodlines. The gripping real-life saga of Ma di Tau, her cubs, the buffalo, and the rival pride unfolds inside a stark reality: Lions are vanishing from the wild. In the last 50 years, lion populations have plummeted from 450,000 to as few as 20,000. Dereck and Beverly Joubert weave their dramatic storytelling and breathtaking, up-close footage around a resonating questions: Are Ma di Tau and her young to be among the last lions? Or will we as humans, have seen how tough, courageous, and poignant their lives in the wild are, be moved to make a difference?
• Cast: Jeremy Irons, Dereck Joubert
• Director: Dereck Joubert
• Runtime: 1:29
• Company: National Geographic Films, Virgil Films And Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie