Bear Island vs Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib

Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for Bear Island). Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 1h 25m. Bear Island is the older of the two (2014 against 2016). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Bear IslandDesert Warriors: Lions of the Namib
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20142016
Length1h 25m46m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorEdda Trandum Grjotheim, Inge WeggeLianne Steenkamp, Will Steenkamp
Main cast––

Synopsis

Bear Island

Three brothers wish to surf waves no one has surfed before them. The answer is to go to Bjørnøya, the island next to the better known Spitsbergen. For two months they live on the island, self sufficient in food and equipment.

Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib

Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib follows a lioness and her daughters as the travel through Namibia's desert with their five male cubs. The cubs are raised without a pride male and are instructed by their mothers in hunting both large prey and small. When the elderly matriarch dies, her daughters must finish the job.

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