Real drama is always more interesting to me than scripted drama, and documentaries are the most likely to blow my mind in a movie theater. When I stepped into The Anjelika to see National Geographic’s The Last Lions, I experienced some of the most intense fear, relief, heartache and joy I have ever felt in a dark box with flashing lights. This drama unfolds in Botswana and follows a tiger family going through a period of extreme trauma and the stark choices they must make for survival. There is a script to this movie as well, narrated by Jeremy Irons, that poetically describes the actions in context, and a musical soundtrack that rides the emotional swings. It is a beautiful and terrifying reality and although it takes place in a world devoid of human interaction, we can imagine the tragic equivalent occurring every day in our own world.
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