Film4 and Channel 4 Docs have announced a documentary special airing later this month about the African lion at Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park that was shot by an American dentist in 2015.
CECIL, airing on C4 on February 19, is directed by Arthur Cary and produced by John Smithson. It will look at how the killing went viral and the subsequent global outcry about protecting endangered species, hearing from trophy hunters, safari operators, local community members, conservationists, and those involved in the criminal proceedings.
The doc was developed in association with Film4 and Channel 4 Docs and produced by Arrow Pictures, a Fremantle company. It was financed by Film4 and Vice News, and commissioned for Channel 4 by Sacha Mirzoeff. Serial Maven Studios oversees all licensing and distribution.
