The Flood

In the middle of the Kalahari, the Okavango Delta in Botswana fills with water and comes alive every year. The documentary is about what that annual flood means for the animals of the region. Leopards, elephants, lions and hippos each adapt in their own way to a changing landscape. When the waters rise the delta is both a sanctuary and a trap; it gives life and takes it in equal measure. Then the waters recede and everything comes down to one thing: staying alive. The fate of tens of thousands of animals hangs on that cycle. The film shows nature not as a picture of balance but as an account that keeps changing. Angela Bassett narrates. Brad Bestelink’s eighty eight minute American documentary was completed in 2018.