The Last Lions

"The Last Lions" (2011) — watch online on iFILM. Narrated by Jeremy Irons and filmed entirely on location in Botswana's Okavango Delta, this National Geographic documentary by Dereck Joubert follows one lioness cast out from her pride.

She has two cubs and no territory. To survive, she must cross waterways thick with crocodiles and reach Duba Island — a stretch of land that offers shelter but no certainty. Joubert spent years in the field to record what followed: standoffs with buffalo herds, encounters with rival lions, and the relentless arithmetic of keeping young alive.

The film earns its impact by staying specific. You are not watching lions in the abstract — you are tracking one animal making decisions under impossible pressure. Stream "The Last Lions" online on iFILM.