Susan Boshcoff, Former VP Global Acquisitions & Co-Productions at Looking Glass International, Melbourne, Australia

It has come to our attention that Ms Boshcoff falsely claims credit as ‘Writer’, ‘Researcher’ and ‘Story Editor’ as well as ‘Consultant on Episodic Structure’ on the award winning SAVING SIRGA; Journey into the Heart of a Lion series in an effort to promote herself. The series was produced by Tauana Films (Pty) Ltd Botswana, a reputable and long-standing producer of factual content to the international television industry. Continue reading →

From a filming perspective.

Humans have always been fascinated by lions. In our minds they are brave and free and represent a nobility of spirit we crave.

In the 1960’s George and Joy Adamson’s friendship with Elsa the lioness became a Global phenomenon, and more recently the story of the two young men who bought a lion cub called Christian in Harrods, raised it and then returned it to the wild , captured the imagination of television audiences world-wide. Both cases supported the idea that lions are individuals capable of forming close relationships with humans.  Continue reading →

Why make a series about a man and a hand-reared lioness?

Tauana Films has been producing wildlife and conservation films in Africa for almost 40 years. As producers we have spent many years following and filming the behaviour of lions in the wild.  Continue reading →

False Accusations:

We have recently been made aware of a defamatory and factually incorrect article, posted on the LIONAID website in 2013, which seems to have re-surfaced on the internet as a result of a documentary series we have been working on. Whereas  we normally ignore online smear campaigns, we feel compelled to comment in this case.  Continue reading →