Eye of the Leopard (2006)

Directed by

Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert

Genre

nature documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary following a young leopard named Legadema as she grows up in Botswana's Okavango Delta. The film shows her learning to hunt and survive in the wild.

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What happens

Eye of the Leopard is a 2006 National Geographic documentary directed by Dereck and Beverly Joubert. Set in the Mombo region of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, the film explores the life of a female leopard, Legadema, as she matures from a cub to an adult. Jeremy Irons, voice actor of Scar from Disney's 1994 animation The Lion King, narrates the film. It premiered in the US on the National Geographic Channel on October 8, 2006, and has won many awards including the BBC wildscreen Panda award for Best Sound Wild Screen and an Emmy. Since the success of the film, a book and an app of the same title have been released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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