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Ma di Tau and her cubs.
BARBARA KLEIN: The film “The Last Lions” takes place in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Actor Jeremy Irons explains the action in the movie. A lioness named Ma di Tau (mah dee taw) or “Mother of Lions,” her mate and three cubs live on the grassy plains. But a group of lions from the north invades and fights them for control of the territory. The father lion is severely wounded and dies.
The lioness must make an important decision if she and her cubs are to survive. She cannot stay and have her cubs killed by the enemy lions. If she travels in one direction, she will find people and villages. And where there are people, there are guns. In another direction, a wildfire is burning the plains. To escape, she chooses to swim across a muddy body of water where crocodiles live.
JEREMY IRONS: "’Til today she had only time to focus on escape and survival but now she must find a way to get her cubs safely through their first critical year until they can fend for themselves. And as a single mother this will take every ounce of her energy and intelligence."
STEVE EMBER: In her new environment on Duba Island, the mother lion must struggle to survive threats from other lions and huge, fierce buffalo. She must also risk leaving her cubs unprotected while she hunts for food.
JEREMY IRONS: "A lion hunt is as much a mind game as it is a physical explosion of violence."
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