---
title: 'African Cats (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alastair Fothergill'
released: '2011-04-21'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/african-cats-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1223236/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# African Cats (2011)

2011 · 89 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

African Cats is a 2011 nature documentary film about a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs trying to survive in the African savannah directed by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey. The film was released theatrically by Disneynature on Earth Day, April 22, 2011. The film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. A portion of the proceeds for the film were donated to the African Wildlife Foundation and their effort to preserve Kenya's Amboseli Wildlife Corridor. The film's initiative with the African Wildlife Foundation is named "See African Cats, Save the Savanna", and as of May 2011, ticket sales translated into 50,000 acres of land saved in Kenya.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alastair Fothergill](https://cinepixo.com/people/alastair-fothergill), [Keith Scholey](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-scholey)
- **Producer:** [Keith Scholey](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-scholey), [Alix Tidmarsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/alix-tidmarsh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicholas Hooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-hooper)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sophie Darlington](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-darlington), [Owen Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-newman)

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Official site: http://nature.disney.com/african-cats
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/african-cats-2011
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