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Duma

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Director: Carroll Ballard

Cast: Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Mary Makhatho

Some friendships are wilder than others. Set in the exotic country of South Africa, this powerful adventure film tells the story of the unbreakable friendship between a cheetah named Duma—the Swahili word for male cheetah cub—and an intrepid young boy named Xan (Alexander Michaletos), who faces the true test of love when he must cross the whole of southern Africa to return his best friend to his rightful home in the wilderness. On his journey, Xan learns that everything always changes, but not love. Based on the book How It Was With Dooms by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft.

Genre: Childrens/Family

Year: 2005

Running time: 100 minutes

Territory: Worldwide

Studio: Warner Bros.

Some friendships are wilder than others. Set in the exotic country of South Africa, this powerful adventure film tells the story of the unbreakable friendship between a cheetah named Duma—the Swahili word for male cheetah cub—and an intrepid young boy named Xan (Alexander Michaletos), who faces the true test of love when he must cross the whole of southern Africa to return his best friend to his rightful home in the wilderness. On his journey, Xan learns that everything always changes, but not love. Based on the book How It Was With Dooms by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft.




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