This DVD contains two full-length documentaries

Jaguar: Year of the Cat
The magnificent Jaguar has long been considered all but impossible to film in the wild. This nocturnal creature is extremely rare, and so well camouflaged you could live alongside it for a lifetime and see only a few paw prints.

Shot entirely on 35mm in specifically constructed sets spread out over 100 acres of Belize rainforest, this unprecedented accomplishment in natural history filmmaking follows one of these elusive creatures both day and night.

Witness the most complete, compelling, and intimate portrait of the most powerful jungle cat in the Americas ever recorded, and discover the secrets of the jaguar's world.

Filmed by Richard Foster
Produced by Telenova Productions in association with Thirteen/WNET, Canal+ and NHK (1995).


Chasing Big Cats
Wildlife filmmakers Owen Newman and Amanda Barrett share their sensational footage and unforgettable stories from fourteen years of documenting the lives of big cats in their natural habitats.

Armed with state-of-the-art equipment, Newman and Barrett boldly go where no camera crew has gone before to capture startling sights never before seen on film of the tricky and charismatic cheetah, the elusive leopard, the shy and small serval, the rarely seen caracal, and the majestic lion.

Narrated by Michael Gross
Filmed & produced by Amanda Barrett and Owen Newman
Co-produced by BBC and Thirteen/WNET (2004).