A new movie about a friendship between a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and a jaguar is coming go U.S. theaters in January 2025.
“Autumn and the Black Jaguar” stars Lumi Pollack (Disney’s “How We Became the Biggest Band in the World”), Emily Bett Rickards (CW’s “Arrow”), Paul Greene (“Somewhere”) and Wayne Charles Baker (“Indian Horse”), with Kelly Hope Taylor (“Good Sam”) and newcomers Lucrezia Pini and Airam Camacho rounding out the cast.
Growing up in the Amazon rainforest gave Autumn the rarest of friendships — a lost jaguar cub she discovers named Hope. When a tragic event forces Autumn to leave Hope for the unknowns of New York City, U.S.A., she dreams for years of going back to the rainforest and her friend. Aged 14, and having grown accustomed to city life, Autumn discovers her childhood village is under threat from animal traffickers and decides she must return to the Amazon to her beloved jaguar.
Anja (Emily Bett Rickards) — Autumn’s endearingly clumsy biology teacher — unsuccessfully tries to dissuade her from this reckless plan. Joined by Anja, Autumn embarks on a journey to reunite with Hope and save her from those who seek to destroy the rainforest and its wildlife.
Remarkably, before filming their scenes together, Lumi Pollack who plays Autumn spent over a year playing and bonding with Hope the jaguar, from the time Hope was just a cub barely a month old. This imprinting phase created a true bond between the two that couldn’t be faked on screen.
“Autumn and the Black Jaguar” premieres in U.S. theaters on January 17, 2025.
