Director: Carl Schultz Producer: Peter Kroonenburg Duration: 110mins
Content: More than 30 years after the Oscar-winning film BORN FREE moved millions, TO WALK WITH LIONS is set to make a similar impact. George Adamson, continuing quietly with his conservation work, takes on Tony Fitzjohn, a spirited young man from London to help at his recerve, Kora. They share almost a father-son relationship and together re-introduce dozens of capitve lions from aroung the world back into the wild. But their project crumbles when they receive threats from local poachers, who bitterly resent the men's efforts to put a stop to their illegal trading. Adamson was murdered in 1989 in a conspiracy between the poachers and tribesmen. His death had an international impact and the Kenyan Government intorduced an initiative to drive out the shifta and poachers. They declared Kora a National Reserve and Tony Fitzjohn renamed his Tanzanian reserve in George'
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