WEOFF: The Wonders of East Africa

The Way of the Cheetah (44min)

Directed by Dereck Joubert and David S. Falcone and produced by Dereck Joubert and Beverly Joubert

There really is no other big cat on the planet that is like a cheetah. They are warriors, yet comparatively small, fast (the fastest) but still use camouflage to disguise themselves to get up close. They can’t climb like leopards or wrestle a buffalo to the ground, but they do form into agile coalitions of males to hunt prey much larger than them. It is their way.

The film goes under the cover of darkness with thermal cameras, and we capture the lush colours of Africa, but when it comes to the hunting scenes, as these shape shifting cats appear from nowhere in a blur, captured in ultra-high speed motion, the battles turn epic.

Shaba (12min) 

Directed by Ami Vitale, produced by Dave Allen and Gaby Bastra

In the mountains of northern Kenya, a Samburu community is doing something that has never been done before. They’ve built a sanctuary for orphaned elephants to try to rehabilitate them back to the wild. The project is not just changing local attitudes about elephants, it’s changing attitudes about women too, because the secret to Reteti’s success is all because of the special bond between a group of local women keepers and one special elephant named Shaba.

An expert Q&A panel will follow this film session. The total run time will be 2h. 

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