Dereck Joubert	...	(Director)
Dereck Joubert	...	(Writer)
J.B. Arthur	...	Composer
Dereck Joubert	...	Cinematographer
Selinda Pride	...
Bolelo	...
Lebone	...	Bolelo's mom

Comments: Re-watch makes me recognize Dereck Joubert as a fine narrator. This looks great with some remarkable scenes, a lot of river crossings

Another lovely and low-key outing from the Jouberts

Highlight of this one is the cubs. Two of them are afraid to swim and there are a lot of rivers to cross. One night mom just leaves them on the other side of a swampy crocodile and hippo infested river. Unsurprisingly, they're ready to take the plunge next morning


Summary: Follow two males lions who swam across the river from Namibia, and joined up with two females in Selinda. This union resulted in six cubs as they grow, learn to hunt, and ultimately, become the first pride in Selinda in many years.

In the year 2000 all the lions in a place called Selinda had been hunted virtually to extinction. Two lionesses walked around, calling into a void.

One day everything changed.

In 2006 we stopped all hunting in the area. Botswana banned all hunting in 2014. The land was primed for recovery.

Then, two males lions swam across the river from Namibia, and we filmed them the day they came in, skittish, but looking for the young females who were leaving scent.

We use sophisticated thermal cameras to cover this story and as a result, our two female characters names are hot and light, Bolelo and Lebone.
The males mated, and the 6 cubs from the two females are the core of our story as they grow, learn to hunt, and become the first pride in Selinda in many years.

What we were witnessing was the birth of a pride, and within the pride a young male character emerges, a reluctant swimmer, but one who forges a bond with the males.

Buffalo started to come in. Almost as if the area knows it was safe again, the flood returns and even more wildlife came in.

One day, the pride had to move. A major scene in the film is about this epic crossing of a river. Two females and six cubs. The females swam across with four cubs. 2 remained. They went back and forth and the two refused to move. It was a two day brain teaser for the females and finally, they saved all cubs. Once they had them, they weren’t letting them go, even into the next buffalo hunt. Tiny cubs scattered and ran under the feet of the buffalo.

All of these cubs make it to adulthood, the males eventually throw the youngsters out, and we discover that while cubs are born, it is not until this moment, when the subadults are thrown out, that a pride is born .