Wildcat

Wildcat is a 2022 American documentary film about animal rescue efforts in Peru, directed by the photojournalist Trevor Frost and Melissa Lesh. It was premiered at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival and was released in theaters on December 21, 2022, by Amazon Studios. Summary The film follows Harry Turner, a British war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after tours of duty in Afghanistan. After his time in the army, he traveled to a remote Amazon rainforest in Peru, where he met an American wildlife biologist, Samantha Zwicker, who was involved in the rescue of wild animals threatened by poachers. The film tracks their relationship as they work together to rescue an abandoned baby ocelot named Khan, who was accidentally shot and died and baby ocelot Keanu, raising the wildcat and training it to return to the jungle and survive on its own. The film also touches upon Zwicker's own traumatic personal history. Cast Harry Turner Samantha Zwicker Production In 2019, Frost met Turner in Peru. Initially there to work on a photo project on anacondas, he decided to instead make a documentary about Turner's animal rescue efforts and relationship with Zwicker. Approximately half of the film is made up of footage shot by Turner and Zwicker. The film drew inspiration from conservation-themed documentaries such as Virunga, Grizzly Man and Jane.