An event documentary created by a professional team

Regarding the filming crew, Simba said every member held a profound understanding towards wildlife and wildlife protection. Marie, the script coordinator from Singapore, even translated Simba’s new book Living with Lions in Africa into English to show Simba’s emotion to lions to other members.

The whole documentary is 90 minutes long with the narrative rhythm of American TV series. This documentary, said Simba, is very different from other works of the team. “For this time, the team wants to deliver a documentary looks like event movie, so they combine the styles of epic film and drama to make this biographical film.”

Simba is sharing wildlife protection knowledge with children. (Photo provided by the interviewee)

Jiefangbei and Zhaomu Mountain were selected as shooting locations

According to Simba, the shooting team spent two years to capture numerous materials from China to Africa, from the forest in Chongqing to the savannah in Africa.

Chongqing, as the place where Simba lived and worked, is an important shooting location for the documentary. Simba said frankly that though he didn’t give any suggestions to the shooting team, the final result is very electrifying. “Maybe it can be the advertising video of Chongqing.” Jiefangbei, Yangtze River, Jialing River, Zhaomu Mountain… you may find many symbols of Chongqing in Lion Heart.

Ordinary citizens can also contribute to wildlife protection

Simba hopes the documentary Lion Heart will attract more people to know and join in wildlife protection.

So what can ordinary citizens do to contribute to wildlife protection? Simba said we can start by saving water and energy, refusing to buy wildlife products such as ivory and rhinoceros horn. If possible, we can also donate relevant goods and materials or act as wildlife protection volunteers. (Translated by Sun Jiuyang, Fathom Language Limited)