National Geographic Wild’s Big Cat Month 2022 celebrates Local Filmmaker

National Geographic Wild’s 11th annual Big Cat Month takes place this February with a month of programming dedicated to the fiercest felines, creatures of magnificent strength, ferocity and beauty. With visually impressive and powerful stories from around the world, from lions, tigers, cheetahs and leopards to the most unknown and forgotten such as the serval, the African wildcat or the caracal, viewers can look forward to the fiercest programing on their screens every Saturday and Sunday throughout February from 18:00 (CAT).

This year, the spotlight will be placed on world-renowned local filmmakers Dereck and Beverley Joubert, with a celebration of their prolific and impactful work, including brand new films. The multiple Emmy-award winning Joubert’s have made more than 35 films for National Geographic, published 12 books, half a dozen scientific papers, and have written multiple articles for the National Geographic Magazine.

Male cheetahs take down a Topi. (Wildlife Films/Luke Cormack)

On Sunday 5 February at 18:00 (CAT), National Geographic Wild (Dstv 182, Starsat 221) kicks off Big Cat Monthwith Relentless Enemies,that chronicles an epic story of how buffalo and lions survive and adapt to each other. A buffalo herd of over 1 200 is forced to move through three lion territories while being confined by the flood waters on a small island in the Okavango. As the buffalo strategize their advancements, the lions react every move they make, all captured through the Joubert’s lens from their home base in Botswana.

“Big Cat Month continues to be an exciting annual television event, and certainly a firm fan-favourite. This year we are delighted to honour prolific local filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert, whose lifetime of impactful and thought-provoking documentaries have brought viewers a greater appreciation for Africa’s big cats,” says Christine Service, Senior Vice President and General Manager of The Walt Disney Company Africa. “Families can look forward to a month of fascinating, premiere, in-depth programming that reveals astounding new insights into these remarkable creatures, as well as highlighting the threats they face and the urgent action needed to conserve and protect our big cats for future generations” she added.

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