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01/06/1998 Documentary 0h 52m
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Overview

Nakuru National Park in Kenya is rather like a reform centre for wayward youth. Take Scarface: as a young lioness with a reputation for killing sheep and cattle, she was due to be shot. Instead, she was chosen to establish a new pride in Nakuru. Wildlife film-maker Barbara Tyack chronicles the life of this special lion family with a weakness for climbing trees. Fabulous camerawork captures great chase sequences, some gory ones, and the odd romance

  1. Barbara Tyack

    Director

  2. Caroline Brett

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. John Shrapnel

    Narrator (voice)

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A review by sitenoise
Written by sitenoise on 2024-12-25
A winning story (read the synopsis) narrated wonderfully with zero phony drama. The problem these Bad Cat girls face is inbreeding. The Park is enclosed by an “electric fence that can repel a rhino”. Nobody gets in, nobody gets out. Supposedly. I imagine if an animal walked up to it slowly and bumped it with its nose, it would back off. But there is a scene they captured on film of a young male lion, running for his life from one of the Big Daddies, who jumps through it

Since the Park is enclosed, roughly 20 square kilometers, it must have been easier for the filmmakers to follow what w...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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