Khumba

Khumba (2013) is a South African animated adventure film you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Anthony Silverston, it follows a half-striped zebra foal rejected by his herd during a devastating drought — blamed for bringing the disaster.

Cast out and alone, Khumba crosses into open wilderness where a ruthless leopard tracks him. Two unlikely companions join the journey: a fretful wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich. Their destination is a mythic watering hole said to grant him the stripes — and the belonging — he was born without. The cast includes Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and AnnaSophia Robb lending their voices to the characters.

The film came out of Triggerfish Animation Studios in Cape Town, the first African studio to produce a fully 3D animated feature at this scale. Stream Khumba (2013) online on iFILM for a family adventure built around one small zebra's very big detour.