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Dereck Joubert (birth 3 March 1956, Johannesburg) is a South African-born filmmaker, author, conservationist and National Geographic explorer-in-residence based in Botswana. He is also the brother of well known South African artist and conservationist Keith Joubert.
- The Last Lions
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Eye of the Leopard is a 2006 National Geographic documentary...
- The Last Lions
The Last Lions is a 2011 African nature documentary film by National Geographic Society, videotaped and directed by Dereck and Beverly Joubert. It was shot in Botswana 's Okavango Delta . The film premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2011 [1] and was released in select theaters the following month on February 18.
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The film follows the journey of leopardess Legadema over the course of three years. Unlike the standard nature documentary, Eye of the Leopard pieces together a series of flashbacks, covering the major events from her childhood all the way to adulthood. These flashbacks reveal her experiences of near-escapes from predators as well as her observatio...
Legademaas a curious female leopard. Her name means 'light from the sky or above', named after the lightning in the Mombo region. The film describes her as the deadliest squirrel hunter in the Momb...Tortilis as the strong-willed mother of Legadema, named after the common Acacia tortilis(also known as umbrella thorns) which thrive in the marshland. She is shown as an expert at hunting for monke...Burnt Ebonyas the father of Legadema. He comes from a territory with burnt ebony, south of where Legadema and her mother roams. He is the dominant male leopard in the region and a calculated hunter...Development
South-African filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert are a husband-wife duo who have produced over 40 National Geographic films. A large body of their work features big cats, including The Last Lions. The idea for Eye of the Leopard came about after the Jouberts followed a leopard to a fallen tree in Botswana. They found a tiny eight-day-old leopard cub who would later be named Legadema. The Jouberts' aim for the documentary was to arouse the curiosity of audiences, erode ignorance and share t...
Filming
The filming took place in Okavango Delta, Botswana over the course of three years. Because of the remoteness of the site, where the nearest town would take half an hour by flight, the crew members received food deliveries from a bush plane. With no electricity, they had to recharge their camera batteries using solar panels. Between June 2003 to 2006, the filmmakers tracked the daily life of Legadema. Most of the time, they sat in a truck and shot from a distance of around 50 yards from their...
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The film features extensive footage of Botswana's Okavango Delta marshland and its inhabitants. It is a story about survival and looks at the relationships between a leopardess and her environment, a mother and daughter, and predator and prey. It shows the leopards stalking, hunting and killing their prey, but also them being attacked and threatened by predators such as lions, baboons and hyenas.
As of 2020, according to Rotten Tomatoes,a review aggregation website, the film achieved a score of 88% based on 17 user ratings. After the film, Legedema became a popular name. She attracted thousands of tourists to the reserve in Mombo, Botswana. The Jouberts have a close association with the Botswana Tourism Board. Together, they work to promote...
Eye of the Leopard was first released on DVD on 20 February 2007 in the US. It has also been made available the Wildlife Films on demand service. In September 2009, a book of the same title was published. This is a visual book featuring photographs taken by Derek and Beverly Joubert. In 2016, an interactive Eye of the Leopard appwas released on iTu...
Other similar films include The Last Lions (2011) and The Unlikely Leopard (2012), both narrated by Jeremy Irons.
National Geographic Channel: Eye of the Leopardofficial websiteEye of the Leopard at IMDbExplorer at Large. Dereck Joubert. Filmmaker, Conservationist. Award-winning filmmakers and National Geographic Explorers at Large Dereck and Beverly Joubert have dedicated the last four decades to conservation work across 30 countries. For their work, they were awarded a Presidential Order of Merit by Botswana’s president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama.
Feb 11, 2022 · Dereck and Beverly Joubert have spent the last 25 years living among nature's most fearsome predators. From their camp in Botswana, hours from the nearest village, they record the social behavior and hunting practices of lions, cheetahs, and leopards, the most endangered — and dangerous — creatures on Earth.
dereck and beverly joubert are award-winning filmmakers, National Geographic Explorers-at-Large and wildlife conservationists, who have been filming, researching and exploring in Africa for over 40 years.
Feb 2, 2022 · February 02, 2022. • 4 min read. The Jouberts watching lions eat an African buffalo carcass. Location: Duba Plains, Okavango Delta, Botswana. Photograph courtesy Beverly Joubert. Dereck and...
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