Vanishing Kings: Desert Lions of the Namib

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Vanishing Kings: Desert Lions of the Namib (2015)

Directed by Lianne Steenkamp, Will Steenkamp

Documentary · 46m

On the edge of the Namibian desert, cattle farmers are looking for new land to graze their animals. The lions, who occupied these previously wild spaces, are hunted by herd guards, or even slaughtered when they attack cows. Will and Lianne Steenkamp lived for two years in a territory occupied by a 17-year-old lioness - a "queen" -, her two daughters and their five lion cubs. This film traces the process of empowering the young: after learning to hunt alone, they will have to leave the family pack and find young females to reproduce. A necessity all the greater as their species seems threatened.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Lianne Steenkamp, Will Steenkamp

Details

Release date
2015-05-27
Runtime
46m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, French
Countries
United States of America