Eye of the Leopard  Eye of the Leopard is a 2006 National Geographic documentary directed by Derek and Beverly Joubert. Set in the Mombo region of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, the film explores the life of a female leopard, Legedema, as she matures from a cub to an adult. Jeremy Irons, voice actor of Scar from Disney’s 1994 animation The Lion King, narrates the film. It premiered in the US on the National Geographic Channel on October 8, 2006, and has won many awards including the BBC wildscreen Panda award for Best Sound Wild Screen and an Emmy. Since the success of the film, a book and an app of the same title have been released. The film follows the journey of leopardess Legadema over the course of three years. Unlike the standard nature documentary, "Eye of the Leopard" pieces together a series of flashbacks, covering the major events from Legedema’s childhood through to adulthood[2]. These flashbacks reveal her experiences of near-escapes from predators as well as her observations of her mother’s hunting skills. Ultimately, each memory shapes her own present-day hunting and survival skills. "At 8 days"  Legedema meaning “light of the sky” in Setswana is introduced as an eight day old cub with a distinctive birthmark feature. There is a small round spot between her two solid whisker lines, referred to in the documentary as a “whisker spot.” This mark distinguishes her from the other leopards in the film. This includes her mother and father. Legedema is the sole survivor of six other cubs. As a young cub, she is filmed biting her mother’s tail and climbing trees. Much of her childhood was about her struggle for survival. Her first encounter with danger is with a pack of hyenas, which her mother fights off. She also has a near-death experience with baboons. This prompts her mother to constantly move dens for safety. "At three months"  Legedema explores the environment around her. She has grown considerably larger and is shown playing with frogs and turtles. She watches her mother hunting for monkeys and learns the skill of leaping from trees. Legedema also starts developing hunting skills. Many scenes depict her preying on small animals such as lizards, squirrels, and warthogs. Legedema learns survival strategies from her mother such as moving stealthily and escaping large predators. There is one scene where Legedema’s mother evades a pride of lions by performing a ‘locking-wrist’ which allows her to quickly scale up a tall tree.