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The Last Lioness: Birth of a Pride

Jan 1, 2013 · 50m
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PLOT

A haunting call echoes across the Liuwa Plain. There is no answer, there hasn't been for years. She has no pride, no support - she alone must safeguard her own survival. Her name is Lady Liuwa, and she is the Last Lioness. Isolated by a scourge of illegal trophy hunting that wiped out the rest of her species in the region, Lady Liuwa is the only known resident lion surviving on Zambia's Liuwa Plain. For four years, cameraman Herbert Brauer watched her lonely life unfold, until, in her solitude, she reached out to him for companionship. But Herbert knows he is not the companion this lonely lioness needs - she should be amongst her own kind. Now, in May of 2009, plans for a male lion translocation have come through, and there is hope for ending her isolation. For the first time in more than five years, Lady Liuwa will no longer be the Last Lioness This is just a re-titled version of "The Last Lioness"

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CAST

Herbert Brauer
Host
Hermione Gulliford
Narrator (voice)
Directed by Bronwyn Watkins

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Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Aquavision TV Productions, Smithsonian Channel
Country
US

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