When Lambs Become Lions

When Lambs Become Lions

When Lambs Become Lions

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When Lambs Become Lions

2018

1h 20m

8.0(2 votes)

Documentary

Overview

In the Kenyan bush, a crackdown on ivory poaching forces a silver-tongued second-generation poacher to seek out an unlikely ally in this fly-on-the-wall look at both sides of the conservation divide.

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Oscilloscope

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