Living with Leopards (2024)

Living with Leopards (2024). 1h 11m

“As u0026quot;Living With Leopardsu0026quot; (2024 release from the UK; 71 min.) opens, we are in the u0026quot;Okavango Delta, Botswanau0026quot;, and Brad is following and filming a female leopard named Mothuma. The leopard freefalls from 40 feet high into a tree onto an unsuspecting prey. Why would she take such a risk? Soon we understand as she has 2 cubs to feed and protect, u0026quot;unknown to the world for the initial 3 monthsu0026quot;. At this point we are 10 minutes into the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCouple of comments: this is the latest from award nominated British director Alex Parkinson (u0026quot;Last Breathu0026quot;). Here, he brings the tale of a group of photographers in Botswana who are following the trace of one leopard family. They spend wees, months, years to capture the incredible footage that this documentary contains (it was filmed over a period of 2 1/2 years). And when I say u0026quot;incredible footageu0026quot;, I mean this documentary brings to the screen various scenes that I never imagined could be caught on tape. Then again, think of it this way: it took the film makers 30 months to capture this on tape, and we are seeing this distilled into 71 minutes… Kudos also the the top-notch original score for this documentary.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Living With Leopardsu0026quot; recently started streaming on Netflix, and I caught it last night. So glad I did. If you are in the mood for a top quality nature documentary, Iu0026#39;d readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.”