This extraordinary film, narrated by Jeremy Irons, takes us to a remote, arid place deep in Africa, where all kinds of wildlife head for a waterhole. As the temperature rises, the precious water drains and the desperate animals are forced to share.
A young pride of lions sets out on a grand adventure, leaving their safe home range and walking west into the unknown. When they finally arrive at a water hole, it is a vision of paradise, except the huge bull elephants that dominate stop them from drinking.
Their first kill, a kudu, secures them a place in this territory, but this strange status quo changes. Two huge bull elephants lock tusks in a battle. One elephant collapses and the lions come out of the shadows. What happens next changes the course of nature in this area and affects the relationship between these two ultimate of enemies, as the lions develop techniques for hunting the largest animals in their range.
The lions have learned to do the impossible: to bring down elephants. This astonishing and deadly clash between Africa’s largest and fiercest adversaries is both compelling and deeply moving.
With renowned wildlife filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert documenting this astonishing, rarely-filmed behaviour, Ultimate Enemies vividly depicts how the territorial battle for a precious waterhole in Botswana evolves into an unexpected battle for survival between lion and elephant.
Spectacular footage of these audacious and improbable assaults reminds us that the inhabitants of the African wilderness, while commanding in their beauty, are also an unforgiving and unpredictable lot.
Filmed by Derek and Beverly Joubert
Narrated by Jeremy Irons
Produced by Wildlife Films Botswana for National Geographic Channels
For more details of this film visit the National Geographic website
To see a trailer from the film visit the AOL Video website
Reviews:
“The sensitive narration of Jeremy Irons sets the mood for this inspired film that blends scenes from nature that have never been witnessed before with a symphonic film score and poetry, creating a surreal experience. The Jouberts understand the nature of wilderness and wild things, and they reach deep inside themselves to help us experience and understand it the way they do in this film.”
“This amazing film is a battle between the largest and the fiercest, the elephants and the lions, in northern Botswana. Intense drought and shrinking waterholes make for a majestic, yet brutal documentary about these beautiful creatures. It starts with lions hunting hippos and buffalo, but as time goes on, we are shown how the lions are hunting and killing elephants, upsetting the delicate, age-old balance between them.”
Please have a look at the other African wildlife DVDs by Dereck & Beverly Joubert that we stock - the next best thing to being in Botswana yourself!
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