59. WILDCAT (2022) dir. Trevor Frost & Melissa Lesh

WILDCAT follows British veteran Harry Turner as he, suffering from chronic depression and PTSD, escapes all facets of his regular life and moves to a Peruvian section of the Amazon. There, he teams with American conservationist and ecologist Samantha Zwicker to help raise a baby ocelot. Sure, this documentary has cute, fuzzy cats, but what makes this special to me? It's a movie about, as my wife puts it, the healing effects of parenting. As Harry and Samantha raise baby Keanu for 18 months, until his release and reintroduction into the wild, the process allows them opportunities to face and work through their own problems, their trauma.---Follow The Movies on ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠Financially support the podcast via the ⁠⁠tip jar!