The Meerkats

The Meerkats (2008) is a family documentary you can watch online on iFILM, directed by James Honeybourne and produced by the BBC with the Weinstein Company. Paul Newman narrates — one of his last appearances before his death in September 2008.

The film follows a young pup named Kolo through his first year in the Kalahari: learning to dig, reading the sky for hawks, finding his rank in the colony's strict order. Honeybourne's crew shot at ground level using techniques new to wildlife filmmaking at the time, which makes the Kalahari feel vast and the meerkats feel like individuals with something to lose. Small creatures, real stakes. Stream The Meerkats (2008) online on iFILM.