Cheetah 1989  G, 82 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jeff Blyth
Cast: Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins, Timothy Landfield, Collin Mothupi, Breon Gorman, Ka Vundla, Lydia Kigada, Kuldeep Bhakoo, Paul Onsongo, Anthony Baird
The Johnson family heads to Kenya to conduct research–to the dismay of their teenagers (Keith Coogan and Lucy Deakins). The teens meet a native boy (Collin Mothupi), and the adventures result in a change of heart. The trio finds a cheetah cub and care for it to maturity. Then it is time for it to return to the wilds, but the bad guys want to turn the cheeta into a dog racer. The teens must save the day in this nice Disney effort.
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The Flame Trees of Thika 1981  TV, 355 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Maughan, Ben Cross, William Morgan Sheppard, David Bradley, John Nettleton, Carol MacReady, Paul Onsongo, Tony Osoba
Based on Elspeth Huxley's book, this made-for-TV miniseries relates the joys and struggles of young Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) and her parents–Tilly and Robin (Hayley Mills and David Robb)–as they begin work on a Kenya coffee plantation in 1913.
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| 1. Cheetah (1989)
2. The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
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