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AFRICAN CATS comes to theaters in one month – Earth Day, April 22nd! For every ticket to African Cats purchased during opening week, Disneynature will make a donation to the African Wildlife Foundation in your honor to help Save the Savanna! Click HERE for details.

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The film, which will be released in theaters worldwide, opens in North America on April 22, 2011.

In the meantime, we’d like you to meet the families of lions and cheetahs from the movie, and to learn more about their lives in the wildest place on earth, the African Savanna.

Meet Mara, a brave lion cub living in one of the wildest places on earth!

Mara’s mother, Layla, is one of the most skilled lioness hunters of the River Pride.

Introducing Fang, the River Pride’s protector.

The river is an important source of food for the River Pride, but also carries the threat of crocodiles–one of the few animals that isn’t easily threatened by the lion.

Kali and his sons live south of the River Pride in the Southern Kingdom, waiting for the river waters to recede to make their move into Fang’s territory.

African Cats: Field Guide 1

ABOUT THE MOVIE

An epic true story set against the backdrop of one of the wildest places on Earth, African Cats captures the real-life love, humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. The story features Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother’s strength, spirit and wisdom; Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous newborns; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a once banished lion. Disneynature brings “The Lion King” to life on the big screen in this True Life Adventure directed by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill (Earth”). An awe-inspiring adventure blending family bonds with the power and cunning of the wild, “African Cats” leaps into theatres worldwide beginning on Earth Day 2011. For more information about the movie and the “See African Cats, – Save the Savanna” initiative, check out Disney.com/AfricanCats.

ABOUT DISNEYNATURE

Disneynature, the first new Disney-branded film label from The Walt Disney Studios in more than 60 years, was launched in April 2008 to bring the world’s top nature filmmakers together to share a wide variety of wildlife subjects and stories with theatrical audiences. “Earth” (opening Earth Day 2009) was the first film to premiere domestically under the new label, and garnered a record-breaking opening weekend for a nature documentary. Its “Buy a Ticket, Plant a Tree” initiative led to the planting of 2.7 million trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Hitting theaters on April 22, 2010, “Oceans” was the third highest grossing feature-length nature film in history. Its “See Oceans – Save Oceans” initiative helped establish 40,000 acres of marine protected area in The Bahamas, preserving essential coral reefs.  Walt Disney was a pioneer in wildlife documentary filmmaking, producing 13 True-Life Adventure motion pictures between 1949 and 1960, which earned eight Academy Awards®.