Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib vs Kestrel's Eye
Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Kestrel's Eye). Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 1h 29m. Kestrel's Eye is the older of the two (1998 against 2016). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib
Kestrel's Eye| Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib | Kestrel's Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 1998 |
| Length | 46m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Documentary, TV Movie | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Lianne Steenkamp, Will Steenkamp | Mikael Kristersson |
| Main cast | – | – |
Synopsis
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.
Kestrel's Eye
Swedish filmmaker Mikael Kristersson directs this austere yet beautiful experimental documentary about two European falcons. Shot over the course of two years, Kristersson manages to fashion a narrative without the use of voice-overs or music, showing the falcons as they forage for food and tend to their eggs. Much of this film, though, is spent viewing the world from the falcons' vantage point -- high up on a 13th century church steeple…
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