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Curiosity Begins Production on New Serengeti Documentary Kuishi na Simba – Living With Lions Directed by Female African Filmmaker Duo Erica Rugabandana & Muneera Sallies
The Curiosity Original Film is Due to Premiere in 2023 SILVER SPRING, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Curiosity, the leading global factual streaming service and
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nThe Curiosity Original Film is Due to Premiere in 2023\n\n SILVER SPRING, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCuriosity, the leading global factual streaming service and media company (NASDAQ: CURI), today announced the new Curiosity original documentary Kuishi na Simba—Living With Lions. The film is a collaboration between Tanzanian filmmaker, cinematographer, and conservationist Erica Rugabandana and South African writer and director Muneera Sallies. Production is underway now with a premiere targeted for 2023.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220331005779/en/Tanzanian filmmaker, cinematographer, and conservationist Erica Rugabandana films in the Serengeti for the Curiosity original series 'Living With Lions' coming in 2023. (Photo: Business Wire)\nMost of the stories we know about the Serengeti have been told through the lens, prism, and experience of white, male filmmakers, novelists, and creators. Living With Lions institutes a new tradition, presenting this world-famous wildlife sanctum from an African perspective. These two female voices shine an inimitable light on the Serengeti from the inside. The film tells the story of a struggle between a lion pride and the Rugari family. Two sister lionesses Ketty and Lucia, desperate to feed their cubs begin stalking the family’s goats. The patriarch, Omosoka, wants to poison the pride who are threatening his livelihood, while his daughter Nyanji will do everything in her power to save the lions. The ensuing story proves both heartbreaking and triumphant.\n\nThe filmmaking team of Erica and Muneera take the reins of this timeless tale as shooting began in the Serengeti just in time for Women’s History Month. The film is a follow-on to the Curiosity original series Nature Through Her Eyes, which premiered on International Women’s Day 2021. The series featured some of the world’s greatest female cinematographers and photographers, including Erica, and their unique and dazzling perspectives on the natural world. Both Living With Lions and Nature Through Her eyes are produced in partnership with Ouragan Films.\n\nKuishi na Simba is co-produced for Curiosity Stream by Siima Media, Tanzania; Red Nature Films in South Africa and Ouragan Films in partnership with RED Digital Cinema and the Wildlife Society of Filmmakers, t...