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Primal Survivor (2016)
Primal Survivor is not extreme
I withheld judgement until the latest in the series, Extreme African Safari - Serengeti. I now realize how played the audience is. This man is not on a solo adventure. He does not have this bast knowledge of all things flora and fauna. He has a crew of what? Maybe a dozen with him? All the knowledge and biofacts he spouts? He's fed those bits. He may know some things but not all. And he is for sure not standing 10' away from a baby elephant while the mum and the rest of the herd look magnanimously on. Ditto with the lions. You know there was someone in the background, a park ranger or three, with a gun. Stop playing us. Stop playing us with the planted tribesmen who all speak English. (Is "jambo" really used everywhere?) Tribesmen are not going to just accept you in and let you join for dinner when all they got on that hunt was one guinea hen. Show that you brought something in exchange. You know you did.
And filming as if you are standing in the middle of "rampaging wildebeest" (his words, not mine) was sensationalized filming at its best.
Please be real with with who you are and what you are doing. I've lost interest. I'm all about real nature and conservation. I'm not about some dude who carries a machete and hacks at bushes just to make it look like he needs to. You didn't.
Malika the Lion Queen (2021)
Thoroughly enjoyable and true
Interesting to read the reviews slamming this as "woke." Maybe learn about what a lions' pride is all about. Lionesses are the queens of the pride. Males have their place and, as stated, patrol to protect. They will also join a hunt but sometimes stay back and don't participate unless their strength and size are needed to help bring down larger prey.
The females, though, ARE the heart of the pride. Lions are the only cats with a social community and prizes can range from small to dozens. Within a pride, those females far outnumber the males. Young males must leave and go find their own territory as they mature.
So before you whinge about "oh gee another female empowerment drivel story," stop and realize... This is an actual female empowerment story from the dawn of time. And grow up, wake up, and learn something.
(Yes I hate to anthropomorphize an animal, but lions do communicate their feelings within a pride. They show affection, grief, fear, joy...)
This was truly an enjoyable movie. I would like to see future installments and follow the pride as they continue. Did they survive and thrive under new males? Are they part of the Sabi Sands prides or any of the prides in the Ngala region? Which males joined Malika and her mother and aunties? (I'm sure this was filmed over several years, and filming during 2020 would have been almost impossible.)