{"id":2797,"date":"2026-01-13T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2026-01-13T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:19:29","slug":"duma-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/duma-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Duma (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Duma (2005)<\/em><\/strong> is a heartfelt family adventure directed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carroll_Ballard\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carroll_Ballard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carroll Ballard<\/a><\/strong> that tells the touching story of a <strong>young South African boy named Xan<\/strong> and his unlikely friendship with an <strong>orphaned cheetah<\/strong> he names <em>Duma<\/em> (Swahili for \u201ccheetah\u201d). As the animal grows up, Xan realises that his friend belongs in the wild and embarks on a long and challenging journey across stunning African landscapes to return Duma to his natural home. The film explores themes of friendship, growing up, courage, and letting go, all set against breathtaking scenery and memorable encounters with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where to Watch:<\/strong><br><strong>Netflix<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Duma<\/em> is available to stream on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/title\/81044547\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/title\/81044547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix<\/a><\/strong> in many regions (availability may vary).<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 You can watch, rent, or buy the movie through <strong>Prime Video<\/strong> where available.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple TV<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The film is also available to <strong>rent or purchase<\/strong> digitally on <strong>Apple TV<\/strong>.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plex.tv\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.plex.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plex<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Sometimes listed for streaming (free with ads where available).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duma (2005) is a heartfelt family adventure directed by Carroll Ballard that tells the touching story of a young South African boy named Xan and his unlikely friendship with an orphaned cheetah he names Duma (Swahili for \u201ccheetah\u201d). As the animal grows up, Xan realises that his friend belongs in the wild and embarks on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-african-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}