CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 0h 46m

Vanishing Kings: Desert Lions of the Namib

82%(2)Documentary

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.

Directed byWill Steenkamp, Lianne Steenkamp

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 46m
Language
EN
Released
May 27, 2015

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2 credited
Starring
Lianne Steenkamp

Lianne Steenkamp

Will Steenkamp

Will Steenkamp

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Directed by
Will Steenkamp
Will Steenkamp
Lianne Steenkamp
Lianne Steenkamp

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